The Suits Are Picking Up The Bill Lyrics
I overheard the waitress say
"These cats is broke, I knows 'em
"Throw 'em out the doors and close 'em
Spirits sagging, funds are low
This occupation has got to go
Up pulls a limo, up goes a thrill
The suits are picking up the bill!
Its allright for them to tag along
Its just one bill they're tacking on
Buisness suits to the rescue
So nice doing buisness with you
You will really ape and clown when you realize the dough they're shelling out
For this deal!
The suits are picking up the bill
I cannot see from where Im standing
My friends have passed out on a landing
Guess one too many has left us high and dry
I'll be feeling down til the suits get back in town
I think it's about a scam ! Go to the restaurant in the nicest clothes you've got, the suits come in in a limo - go up and shmooze with them a bit, to create the impression that you're with them. Then bail out, and stick them with the bill ! 'Its just one bill, they'll tack it on' Then hang out on the fire escape, drinking what you got left till you pass out ! Sounds like a night I wish I could have had with them !
I hadn't thought about that angle, you must be a very devious person ;)
I hadn't thought about that angle, you must be a very devious person ;)
But "I've been feeling down, since the suits got back in town" makes me think there is a more permanent relationship with the suits.
But "I've been feeling down, since the suits got back in town" makes me think there is a more permanent relationship with the suits.
I do like your interpretation, though, and would also like to participate in that little bit of... um... "social engineering" with these guys!
I do like your interpretation, though, and would also like to participate in that little bit of... um... "social engineering" with these guys!
FWIW, I think this is the Zipper's comment on the music biz.
Most pro musicians are broke as heck, but when you get picked up by a lable, the biz dudes ("Suits" being an anachronistic slang for "business person") pay your expenses. But they still want to hang out and party with the band.
In the end, the narrator expresses remorse that, though they've been burned in the past and now they have carte blanche, he misses the old days (possibly because he and his friends are overdoing it, or because they need the Suits in order to do it).
Otherwise, it about business dudes who want to party with these guys and basically buy their friendship.
YMMV
Best modern swing band EVER. Very raw and authentic, these guys are the punk rockers of swing. I never get tired of them, and am glad they're still around, even if it does seem take ages between album releases.
What an awesome song. These guys are flat broked, and it's almost like they're saying that their imaginary friends are going to pay for them. Ha!!
It's about wealthy business men who show up as these guys are being escorted out of the restaurant (btw rjbucs28, you forgot "get 'em outta here" after "throw 'em out the door and close 'em", that's my favorite line lol) and offer to pick up their tab. It's amazing. Stuff like that should happen everyday.