Builder Job

Builder Job

After my disastrous two years

Working in the motor trade 

That ended in a street racing a car crash 

I did a short term building job

In the summer before I went on holiday

I needed cash for a lad's week away

Where we would drink and have fun

At Butlin's in Wales

The job was with a mate's relative

We were to remove the roof off a mill

Then replace it with a new one

This involved removing the tar

It was replaced with concrete and new tar

I broke a guy's thumb by accident!

One had the pick and the other the shovel

I hated going up the ladder three floors up!

I could easily of fallen off to my death

And there was no way I was going on scaffolding

It scared the hell out of me!

We listened to Radio 1 and Steve Wright

Music and a laugh was always there

There were some building legends 

They ran up the ladder with cement bags

One on each shoulder and one on the head!

We set up a bucket pulley system for it

Feeding the cement mixers was hard

They were hungry machines

I found out about new muscles!

We ate dinner from the local chippy

And flirted with nice gals in the mill opposite

I wish we'd have gone in to them

And fucked them on the shop floor

I also signed on and claimed dole

Changing my clothes to do so

Then going back to work!

The job eventually ended

We all went away and got drunk

Chased gals and went clubbing

That was a good time before the bakery

Summer 90 ended my crap car trade career

I finally had direction and self belief