To The Victor The Spoils-Kate Tempest

[ti:To the Victor the Spoils] [ar:Kate Tempest] [al:Everybody Down (Bonus Track Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]To The Victor The Spoils - Kate Tempest [00:00.37]In Giuseppe's [00:00.99]The tablecloths shine with wear [00:02.83]The chairs are threadbare [00:04.30]But look happy to be sitting there [00:06.11]Becky's cashing up [00:06.85]It's the end of her shift [00:08.23]Her Uncle Ron's at the counter [00:10.07]Drinking a Gin Fizz [00:11.22]It's his place he gave her the work [00:13.99]He's like a dad to her [00:15.40]For better or worse [00:16.52]For now [00:17.14]He stabs at a lemon rind with a toothpick [00:19.56]What's the matter [00:20.32]Ron' Becky says [00:21.58]Are you sick [00:22.81]He shakes his head [00:23.86]Says [00:24.14]Troubles I got [00:25.55]And she waits for more [00:26.75]Focusing on a spot [00:28.15]On the top of his head [00:29.39]She ain't noticed before [00:30.73]But suddenly her Uncle Rags [00:32.28]Comes strutting through the door [00:33.66] [00:34.63]Becky sees that this means business [00:37.07]Some things she ain't supposed to know [00:39.70]Ron smiles at her with thin lips [00:42.76]Right says Becky time I go [00:44.83] [00:45.52]Blood is thicker than ignorance [00:47.22] [00:47.86]Blood is richer than oil [00:49.73] [00:50.43]But love is what's truly significant [00:52.96] [00:53.97]To the victor the spoils [00:55.99] [00:57.01]To the kids who can toil [00:58.82] [00:59.57]To the kids who can work [01:01.80]Know that nothing's worth shit [01:03.19]Till it's difficult [01:04.72]And nothing don't heal till it hurts [01:07.37]They call him Rags [01:08.57]Why [01:08.88]Cause he leaves bodies in tatters [01:10.35]Not the type of man to be flattered [01:12.62] [01:13.14]Eyes like patches on a blood stained mattress [01:16.35]Taps on the window and it shatters [01:18.55]For now he sits down heavily [01:20.39]His voice is soft [01:21.72]Some junior Joey trying to play boss [01:24.27]Thought he could run a scam [01:25.66] [01:26.20]And now we lost about a key and a half [01:28.66]Whatever [01:28.85]A small cost to find a snake in the grass [01:31.29]And yeah Pico ain't happy [01:33.16]But you know well the game plays on [01:35.45] [01:36.53]We think the kid's called Harry [01:38.29] [01:39.14]But we might be wrong [01:40.54]So we're looking for him yeah [01:41.93]Well we were but it all got hot [01:43.82]You know Pico's inside [01:45.21]Too much eyes so we stopped [01:46.61]Cut your losses [01:47.34]But the bosses [01:48.07]Would prefer some bodies [01:49.29]I'm getting too old for that now [01:51.26]I get my jollies [01:52.46]Just sitting down fishing [01:53.72]Yeah It's good to have a hobby [01:55.22]Keeps you on your toes [01:56.46]When your knees are getting wobbly [01:58.25]So after all that [01:59.49]Ron breathes out stale air [02:01.03]There's no f**king panic [02:02.17]Rags gets up Take care mate [02:04.19]I got a date with a lady in Mayfair [02:06.85]Put your knives away [02:07.74]And let them stay there [02:08.86] [02:09.69]Blood is thicker than ignorance [02:12.27]Blood is richer than oil [02:14.24] [02:14.86]But love is what's truly significant [02:17.04] [02:18.15]To the victor the spoils [02:20.30] [02:20.82]To the kids who can toil [02:22.96] [02:23.69]To the kids who can work [02:25.56] [02:26.12]Know that nothing's worth shit [02:27.54]Till it's difficult [02:28.40] [02:29.00]And nothing don't heal till it hurts [02:31.05] [02:31.76]If I found this guy Harry [02:33.11]Maybe Pico would be pleased [02:34.86]Call my debts off [02:35.83]And I could get up off my knees [02:37.78]Ron looks around at the café that he loves [02:40.00]Thinks how good it would be [02:41.24]If he could wash off all the blood [02:42.88]All that money from them grubby men [02:44.45]He'd start again [02:45.20]And spruce it up [02:45.99]Call it Rebecca's [02:46.72] [02:47.23]In nice clear letters [02:48.16] [02:48.77]He pushes his mop across the floor [02:51.09]And then he shakes his head as he locks the door [02:53.89] [02:54.45]Best be happy with the way things are [02:57.47]It's not good to want for more