Laced Up

Let's get lost in a fantasy

Squander your salary

Light a match, drop it into gasoline

Live like rock bottom is a trampoline

You and I gonna paint the town

Do it like I'ma date the crown

At a restaurant, upper echelon

The only way is down

Brushing off my trainers' dust

And lace them up like we're cutting narcotics

The day is up, I'm paid and flush

And ain't nothing can stop this

Don't make a fuss

We're late, no rush, and I promise

That you won't go paying

You won't go paying

Walk in like a man made, in the door to the cafe

Menu board, need to translate

Can't afford any canapés

But damn straight I'ma order the champagne

Ever feel like wanting to die?

When the cheque make you vomit inside

Can I get a Heimlich maneuver?

I can't swallow my pride

I'm laced up, laced up and kicking

Got pay stubs, pay stubs for liquor

I'm laced up, laced up and kicking

Got pay stubs, pay stubs for liquor

I'm laced

She ordered the soup and the salad

I ordered the salad, no soup

In order to produce the balance

Guess I'll cough it up like croup

When you're broke, coughing up hurts

A Sundae for dessert

And I'll be rocking up Monday

Cleaning crockery and mopping up dirt

That's for certain

My God! that's for certain

I'm floored, this girl is gorgeous

And if I don't have a war chest?

Man, that's curtains

My dawg, man, that's curtains

If I can't pay for four courses, how could I pay for a mortgage?

Wish I could afford to take you to where you ought to be

Didn't meet your fortune, miss, you met your misfortune in me

This more than I thought it would be, if she orders too much?

My background's English and Irish, but I'ma have to go Dutch

I'm laced up, laced up and kicking

Got pay stubs, pay stubs for liquor

I'm laced up, laced up and kicking

Got pay stubs, pay stubs for liquor

I'm laced

The floor's feeling like quick sand

Only had enough on me for drinks, and

This about all that I can withstand

Across the table, I can feel the distance

The floor's feeling like quick sand

Only had enough on me for drinks, and

This about all that I can withstand

But you know what

I've got jeans creased, a new fleece

Back on up

'Cause I'm laced up, laced up and kicking

Got pay stubs, pay stubs for liquor

I'm laced up, laced up and kicking

Got pay stubs, pay stubs for liquor

I'm laced up, laced up and kicking

Got pay stubs, pay stubs for liquor

I'm laced up, laced up and kicking

Got pay stubs, pay stubs for liquor

I'm laced