In the stickiness of summer,
in the sleeplessness of heat,
in the rolling round rubbing on the dirty cotton sheets,
a whining dog is scratching at the fence,
tugging at the leash.
Daz is wearing stubby shorts and a bulldog's footy top.
He's chatting at the barmaid,
he's sucking in his gut,
he says,
Do you wanna see my burnout?
Do you wanna see my skid?
Do you wanna see the parking lot off the pure bloody lid?
Banging on the bar with a set of harlots keys,
tap,
tap,
tapping rhythms out like two straight
dogs indeed.
Trying to be subtle, staring down the front
of her dress.
Well she's trying not to notice, with her
arms across her chest,
trying not to notice,
with her arms across her chest.
And then someone in the kitchen calls out table 22,
she leaves to take the service,
serves a backside view.
Two flies copulate in the air above the door,
Daz is like a dog
with a bone he can't ignore.
Banging on the bar with a set of harlots keys,
tap,
tap,
tapping
rhythms out like two straight dogs indeed.
Jesus, I could tap that.
Darling, you look
gorgeous in that dress.
When you finish work,
I'm gonna take you for a spin,
he says,
When
you finish work, I'm gonna take you for a spin.
The shift is almost over,
only Daz is at the bar,
she's hoping that somebody else might
walk her to the car.
She packs away some glasses,
turns around to see Daz is stumbling out the back door.
The concrete in the car park is radiating heat,
bouncing around the sound of her footsteps as she leaves.
The brittle echo sounds like a set of harlots keys,
tap, tap, tapping, tap, tap, tapping.
Tomorrow night via Beck,
and all across the news,
it says a woman's been attacked,
he says,
Thank God it wasn't you.
What did she expect?
Walking around dressed up like that,
he's got questions for the victim,
but she doesn't answer Beck.
Banging on the bar with a set of harlots keys,
tap,
tap,
tapping rhythms out like two straight dogs indeed.
Baby,
when you finish,
maybe can I drive you home?
She's walking like a woman who'd rather be a lion,
tapping out a rhythm.
Leave me alone.