Dave Taylor - Three Minute Limit

Standing at this open mike's like staring down the barrel of a gun
Tune your guitar, head off into the bearpit, prepare yourself for the hit and run
Saying "here are some little songs of mine
Concoctions of rhythm and rhyme
I hope you'll listen to my songs
I won't detain you for too long
Just ten minutes or so of your precious time

Play us something we know", somebody groans
So we can carry on talking and playing with our phones
Wonderwall,Valerie, Britney Spears
Then we might listen out of the corner of our ears
But all too soon we'll let you know
We've reached our 3 minute limit, our 3 minute limit
So off you go

At first we might appear to be listening to what's going on
But don't expect our attention span to last until the end of the song
The amplifier starts to feed back
As you start to lose your track
Determined you still perservere
Think "what on earth am I doing here
Trying to compete with this wall of clack

Play us something we know", somebody groans
So we can carry on talking and playing with our phones
Wonderwall,Valerie, Britney Spears
Then we might listen out of the corner of our ears
But all too soon we'll let you know
We've reached our 3 minute limit, our 3 minute limit
So off you go

Let's switch up the volume to full to try to compete
But pissed up we all just shout louder with wall to wall gobble and tweet
At the end of this total lost cause
You might get a ripple of applause
When "Oh my God" someone screams
As something pops up on their screens
You wonder why did you ever walk through these doors

Play us something we know", somebody groans
So we can carry on talking and playing with our phones
Wonderwall,Valerie, Britney Spears
Then we might listen out of the corner of our ears
But all too soon we'll let you know
We've reached our 3 minute limit, our 3 minute limit
So off you go

Written by:
David Taylor

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