Last Orders

[intro]
[Verse 1]
Same cracked window by the corner seat,
Same old bloke still owes the till a fiver,
The fruit machine hums a dying beat,
And the chalkboard specials never change, either.
Twenty years of coats on the same brass hook,
Twenty years of rain on the blacktop outside,
But every Friday, take a look—
Somebody's saved you a stool and a pint.

[Chorus]
And it's last orders one more time,
Sing it loud, it's yours and mine,
They can knock it down, they can build it new,
But they can't knock down me and you.
Raise your glass to the faded sign,
This old room keeps us alive—
We're still here, we're still here,
Just like every Friday night.

[Verse 2]
Jenny from the chip shop's on her third,
Retelling how she nearly moved to Spain,
The landlord's dog beneath the bench,
And Danny's asking "who's playing?" again.
Somebody's cousin's brought a guitar,
Half the bar knows the second verse,
Somebody's laughing at the scar
From the pool table back in '09.

[Chorus]
And it's last orders one more time,
Sing it loud, it's yours and mine,
They can knock it down, they can build it new,
But they can't knock down me and you.
Raise your glass to the faded sign,
This old room keeps us alive—
We're still here, we're still here,
Just like every Friday night.

[Bridge]
They put up flats where the buses used to park,
They renamed the streets like we'd forget,
But your name's still carved in the back-door frame,
And the barman still knows what you'll get.
So when the lights flash and the bell rings out,
Don't you rush for the door—
We'll drink it slow, we'll sing it loud,
Like all the Fridays before.

[Chorus]
And it's last orders one more time,
Sing it loud, it's yours and mine,
They can knock it down, they can build it new,
But they can't knock down me and you.
Raise your glass to the faded sign,
This old room keeps us alive—
We're still here, we're still here,
Just like every Friday night.

[outro]
We're still here, we're still here,
Pint in hand, come rain or cheer,
We're still here.