Shiny Toy Guns / HomeTown Buffet
Ages ago, one of my Shift Leaders from HomeTown, Ashley (Alfie-Steve), introduced me to the band Shiny Toy Guns and gave me their album We Are Pilots. I then couldn't stop listening to the album for the next dozen weeks straight, and decided a lot of the songs could be turned around into parodies of HomeTown experiences. This is the outcome!
Working (aka "Waiting")
It's not what you think
If you're working at HomeTown...
Like filling the bars--
We all do that.
And we'll be working all day
And we'll be closing all night
Filling bars...
It's only
And we'll be working all day
It's only
And we'll be closing all night
It's not what you think
If you're working at HomeTown
Like filling the bars--
We all do that.
And we'll be working all day
And we'll be closing all night
Filling bars...
It's only
And we'll be working all day
It's only
And we'll be closing all night
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Stocking (aka "Shaken")
Running in circles
Stocking plates
and silverware
Stocking napkins
Because they're all
Gone from when you cleaned the
spill...
[Chorus]
I will stock the cups
I will stock the plates
I will stock the bowls
You will not be spoonless.
Strange calls from Michael
Who wants to know
when we'll stock up
All the guests
are saying
there's no plates
Stock it all again, I
will...
I will stock the cups
I will stock the plates
I will stock the bowls
You will not be spoonless.
You will not be spoonless.
Didn't notice it right away
Didn't notice it until it was too late
I'm gonna stock the soup cups
For you're all consuming soup
Didn't wanna run out of trays
Didn't wanna stack them too high
I didn't plan for the fall
Now I am paying for them all...
Have you no spoodles
spatulas too
Stocked-- I'm desperately stocking
Still....
I will stock the cups
I will stock the plates
I will stock the bowls
You will not be spoonless.
You will not be spoonless.
[lots of yelling]
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"We Are Calling" (aka "We Are Pilots")
Checking all the menus
Calling for fried chicken
and the time it takes them to cook
The hungry guests get mad at us
What about the green beans?
We always try to call them
I guess you've broken the steamer...
How many times has that thing broke down?
[Chorus]
Hello Memo,
Some news for you
You really are that crazy.
Auriliano,
I'm curious
When you think food's coming through the sham?
Sunday we called all night...
And it took so long
But if you try to hurry up--
Get it in the sham!
Carver called for turkey
Called again for dumplings
We're hearing sounds of foreign screams
"French fries are up and so are the green beans!"
What about the meatloaf?
The people want to eat it
I guess you're back in the freezer
Since no one else can hear us but me...
Hello Memo,
some news for you
You really are that crazy.
And Raymundo,
I'm curious
When you think food's coming through the sham?
Sunday we called all night...
And it took so long
But if you try to hurry up--
Get it in the sham!
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I recommend you give Shiny Toy Guns a listen!