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We're Old And We're Tired (and we want to go home)

from Regardez, Ecoutez Et Repetez by MJ Hibbett & The Validators

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Why oh why oh why do venues and promoters always think that the best time for a gig is long after my bedtime? Is there really any advantage in having gigs finish after midnight? Or, indeed, after 10 o'clock?

The argument most often put about is that this gives people time to get sufficiently drunk to a) have a good time and b) fill the coffers of the necessary breweries, but frankly I am fully qualified to meet both these requirements and still be tucked up in bed before Newsnight begins.

Please take this song as a rallying cry for the Get Gigs [and other social engagements] Finished Earlier Campaign. It's a 'Give Peace A Chance' for the new millennium!

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We turned up at the venue
The promoter said 'Great news guys –
You're headlining so you will be
On stage about midnight'
We groaned with calculation
And in unison realised
That meant we'd not be home until
Four hours past our bedtimes

He saw our faces drop and said
'Oh dear m'ducks, what's wrong?'
The only way we could explain
Was singing him this song:

We said we're old and we're tired and we want to go home
We're old and we're tired and we want to go home
Let me go home - I want to go home
Let me go home - I want to go home

The birthday party was in full swing
When I turned up at eight
I thought 'I'll have a couple of drinks'
'And not get home too late'
But I dillied and I dallied
Until after closing time
And I got swallowed by a mob
As thirty more revellers arrived

The hostess said 'You can't go now'
I said 'I fear I must'
Demanding explanations
I told her it's just because

I am old and I'm tired and I want to go home
I'm old and I'm tired and I want to go home
Let me go home - I want to go home
Let me go home - I want to go home

I'm missing Newsnight for this
I'm missing stacking up the dishes
I'm missing calling in the cat
And I miss my missus

Because when you are proper settled
And happily loved up
You'll find a marked decline in time
You need to spend in pubs

That's when you're old and you're tired and you want to go home
You're old and you're tired and you want to go home
Let me go home - I want to go home
Let me go home - I want to go home


Published by Wipe Out Music Publishing

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from Regardez, Ecoutez Et Repetez, released May 11, 2009

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MJ Hibbett & The Validators London, UK

MJ Hibbett & The Validators have performed live on Radio One, had a Record Of The Year in Rolling Stone, an Album Of The Day on 6Music, released one of the first ever viral videos, toured the UK and Europe, featured in an Edinburgh Fringe Festival show, and recorded a science fiction rock opera, all while maintaining their complete independence from outside record labels. ... more

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