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I took my pictures from the wallsPacked my possessions in a boxTyped my password in just one last time then shut downTrawled the flea markets for weeksPacked tables, chairs and random soft furnishingsIn a rented van for the coastTo try my hand at something else Found a place just off a high street fairly cheapMet the agency in town and signed a three-year leaseWhat this town really needsIs a new sidewalk cafeI'm pitching at the laidback, friendly crowdsMothers with pushchairs and some intellectualsPeople will travel to this artistic spaceI'll get some well-mannered students in to help out on a SaturdayI'll give them double-payThey'll love this sidewalk cafe We opened on a Monday, some big launchPlaced adverts in the local papers, it's two for oneUnder new managementA brand new sidewalk cafeI'd shelled out for the high-spec coffee machineI've advertised across the countyFour hours later and I'm falling apart, we're losingLetras de cancionesAll of our punters to the chain bar sitting two doors downI can't find anyoneTo fill this sidewalk cafeI've tried changing menus, and I'm feeling the strainI'm sorry, if you want to stay here, sir, you'll going to have to buy somethingThis ain't a charityIt's just a sidewalk cafe Tried putting on a folk night, but bands won't playTried a literary recital but literally no one cameJust myself and the poet in this sidewalk cafeI need a plumber for the blocked up sinkI need a good engineer to come and fix this coffee machineI can't face staring at these empty seatsI can't face the thought of any more tearful student redundanciesI know it's time to leave this stupid sidewalk cafe I took the pictures from the wallsPacked my possessions in a boxMade a latte one last time and then I locked upGave the furnishings awaySold the cups and platesAnd I fly-tipped the tables by the motorwayOn the way back to exactly where I started from From Letras Mania