To The Victor The Spoils - Kate Tempest

[00:00.0]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
[00:04.3]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
[00:15.4]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
[00:34.63]Becky sees that this means business
[00:37.07]Some things she ain't supposed to know
[00:39.7]Ron smiles at her with thin lips
[00:42.76]Right says Becky time I go
[00:45.52]Blood is thicker than ignorance
[00:47.86]Blood is richer than oil
[00:50.43]But love is what's truly significant
[00:53.97]To the victor the spoils
[00:57.01]To the kids who can toil
[00:59.57]To the kids who can work
[01:01.8]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
[01:13.14]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
[01:24.270004]Thought he could run a scam
[01:26.2]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
[01:36.53]We think the kid's called Harry
[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
[01:51.259995]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
[01:59.490005]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
[02:09.69]Blood is thicker than ignorance
[02:12.27]Blood is richer than oil
[02:14.86]But love is what's truly significant
[02:18.15]To the victor the spoils
[02:20.82]To the kids who can toil
[02:23.69]To the kids who can work
[02:26.12]Know that nothing's worth shit
[02:27.54001]Till it's difficult
[02:29.0]And nothing don't heal till it hurts
[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
[02:40.0]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
[02:45.2]And spruce it up
[02:45.99]Call it Rebecca's
[02:47.23]In nice clear letters
[02:48.77]He pushes his mop across the floor
[02:51.09]And then he shakes his head as he locks the door
[02:54.45]Best be happy with the way things are
[02:57.47]It's not good to want for more