Thirty Thousand And Me

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Intro: drums only

Verse

High-vis yellow, size too big.
Earpiece crackling, channel nine.
I count in blocks of twenty heads.
Thirty rows, then start again.

Twelve hours in, boots full of grass.
Two bottles water, one went warm.
A kid's shoe passed me, left foot, blue.
I set it on the barrier rail.

Verse

Everybody's mouth is open.
Mine is counting under breath.
I know the words. I know them all.
They're not on my paperwork.

A rubber boat came over the rail.
Nobody radioed it in.
I watched it travel forty feet
on hands I couldn't put a name to.

Pre-Chorus

Thirty thousand. (Thirty thousand.)
And me. (And me.)
Thirty thousand. (Thirty thousand.)
And me.

Verse

Front row, barefoot, shivering.
Someone's arm around her now.
I looked away. Professional.
Then I looked back. Still warm.

I face the wrong way all night long.
Twelve hours, never seen the stage.
Just lit-up faces, rows and rows,
and the toes of my own boots.

Pre-Chorus

Thirty thousand. (Thirty thousand.)
And me. (And me.)
My hands stay down. (His hands stay down.)
And me.

Bridge

Last song. The sound goes up.
I open my mouth to count
and the number doesn't come.
Something else comes instead.
Nobody hears it. Good.
My paper wristband's still uncut.
Shift ended twenty minutes back.
I'm staff. I stayed.

Chorus

Count me in, I'm one of you.
(One of you.)
Count me in, I'm one of you.
(One of you.)
Hands above the water line.
(Water line.)
Count me in, I'm one of you.

instrumental jazz funk soul

Chorus

Count me in, I'm one of you.
(One of you.)
Count me in, I'm one of you.
(One of you.)
Thirty thousand. (Thirty thousand.)
And me.

Outro

Count me in, I'm one of you.
Count me in, I'm one of you.
Count me in, I'm one of—
Count me in.
Count me.
In.