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"Licence to Still (Stay Open)"
(8 bar intro)
Inspector
Gaze upon my clipboard
Open up your eyes.
Read my tidy shorthand
Here your destiny lies.
Your museum's time is running out
You're heading for a storm.
And all because you didn't tick
The boxes on my form.
CHORUS (ALL)
You've got no licence to still...
...Stay open!
Not got a licence to still...
...Stay open!
So close your doors
Shutter your windows.
Your time has come
To an end.
Inspector
I have all the power
To control your destiny.
You should grovel to me
Down on bended knee.
Your museum's time is running out
You're heading for a storm.
And all because you didn't tick
The boxes on my form.
CHORUS (ALL)
You've got no licence to still...
...Stay open!
Not got a licence to still...
...Stay open!
So close your doors
Shutter your windows.
Your time has come
To an end.
Inspector
Please don't think it's personal
I'm like this with everyone.
I swoop in like a vulture
Make my verdict...then I'm gone.
No feelings or emotions
Friendships are for fools.
These form...my secret weapons
Always ready for the calls.
CHORUS (ALL)
You've got no licence to still...
...Stay open!
Not got a licence to still...
...Stay open!
So close your doors
Shutter your windows.
Your time has come
To an end.