David Brent: Life on the Road Page #10

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I'm usually really good with budgets.

But I never dreamt so few people

would wanna come along and see us.

You know, I was...

If the gigs would have sold out,

I would have only lost about eight grand.

Which is fine, particularly if a record

company would have liked us.

But...

I just wanted some shitty snow.

Just as a magic moment, you know.

# Don't cry, it's Christmas

Santa's coming soon

# Though you ain't got a mummy or daddy

# Santa still loves you

# And he's riding on his reindeer

It's been an interesting tour, this.

Um, I think we possibly took it all

a little bit too seriously

when we were in the middle of it all.

Um, but, actually, it's definitely one

of the funniest tours I've ever been on.

I quite like Brent.

# Don't cry, it's Christmas

Santa's feeling fine

# Though you know you'll never see him

# He's not just in your mind

# And it's not that he's invisible

It's because you're going blind

# But don't cry, it's Christmas

Santa's feeling fine

You know what? End of the day,

it's better than a proper job.

Like it's... it's been all right.

Few drinks, few gigs.

Could have been worse.

# Though he's got a billion children

He's only got one day

# You've got slightly less than that

If I were you I'd pray

# But don't cry, it's Christmas

# Everything's okay

# Oh, oh, oh, oh

- # It's Christmas

- # It's Christmas

# Oh, oh, oh, oh

- # It's Christmas

- # It's Christmas

I may have been an idiot,

but I paid for the snow.

Yes, of course it's a waste of money.

It's a huge waste of money.

Um, but at least it's my money.

At least it's not more of his.

And, to be fair,

I've made more than enough out of him.

# Oh, oh, oh, oh

- # It's Christmas

- # It's Christmas

# Oh, oh, oh, oh

- # It's Christmas

- # It's Christmas

# Oh, oh, oh, oh

- # It's Christmas

- # It's Christmas

# Oh, oh, oh, oh

# It's Christmas #

I don't need to be a rock star, you know?

That's just something I enjoy doing.

I can live without being "a success."

But, um...

I couldn't have lived without trying.

And I did that.

So... And everything works out,

doesn't it?

You think you want one thing

along the way,

and then you realise

you needed something else.

Life's a struggle...

with little beautiful surprises

that make you wanna carry on

through all the sh*t

to the next little beautiful surprise.

So, yeah,

all good.

He's back.

Christ. See you, Kaz.

- Did you miss me?

- Did you have fun?

Fun's not the word.

Ooh, yeah. Yeah, it was fun.

- Here he comes.

- Come on.

What resilience from a human being.

I've never known anyone like him.

- How are you?

- Buzzing, mate.

- Good.

- Absolutely buzzing.

- Yes, mate.

- Best time of my life.

And everything worked out brilliant,

you know.

Dom's got a little record deal.

# If I am who I think I am

# Then I gotta transform

Be a better man #

Making a single. Toke Records.

I invited them down.

I said, "Come out and check out this kid".

They went, "All right". Boom.

The band are on tour with Peter Andre.

So they've fallen on their feet.

# Oh, oh, oh

# Mysterious girl

I wanna get close to you #

And I've worked out, if I do overtime,

work Saturdays

for about eight or nine months,

I can do it all again. Just call them up.

"It's back on.

We're gonna kick some more arse."

Brent? Got Bob Wonk on the phone.

- He needs jam rags ASAP.

- On it.

Simon Cowell didn't sign you up, then?

No. No.

Banta.

I feel... I do quite feel

sorry for him, to be honest.

The boys here, they're quite rude to him.

And I know he's obviously gone

on this tour and he's doing all that,

but I kinda feel like...

Sorry, I don't know

why I'm getting emotional.

I just feel like...

I can see through it sometimes.

His smiles.

I hope he does well.

They can laugh.

They're no better than me.

Just 'cause they're reps

who like being reps,

and I'm a rep

who wants to be something else.

With that attitude, they'll be reps

for the rest of their life.

I might be a rep

for the rest of my life, but...

I was a rock star once.

Useless prick now though, ain't you?

What are you good at, eh? Nothing.

F***.

What are you doing? What are you doing?

Knobhead.

- I thought you was great.

- At what?

I came to see you play last week.

Oh, I... I didn't see you.

No, I just snuck in.

I didn't wanna put you off.

Cheers.

- Want a coffee?

- No, I'm... Got a free one coming.

Costa.

Actually, I got two coming, I think.

- Do you want one?

- Yes, please.

Two coffees, coming up.

- Shall I come with you?

- If you want. Yeah.

Oh, God.

Oh, trust me.

I'm already thinking of a new song.

- Just from going for coffee?

- Yeah. It's what I do.

I sort of take everyday situations,

and then I look at them

from a different perspective.

It's gonna be a Coldplay vibe, I think.

'Cause that's what Chris Martin does.

He gets really mundane things

and he makes them about the universe,

and stars, and electricity and sh*t, so...

- It's interesting.

- Yeah, probably stick it in C major.

- Is that your favourite chord?

- Just a bit, yeah.

Guilty.

# I was looking up to heaven

# It was right under my nose

# I had travelled many light years

# It was right across the road

# A billion trillion grains of stardust

# Floating round in space

# Two of them collided

# In an ordinary place

# We are electricity

# We will never die

# We'll just burn and burst

# And return to the sky

# This world can't contain you

# Gravity won't restrain you

# Fly with me

# High with me

# High

# We are electricity

# We will never die

# We'll just burn and burst

# And return to the sky

# We are electricity

# The universe reflects in you and me

# We're electricity

# The universe reflected

# We are electricity

# The universe reflects in you and me

# We're electricity

# Just when I least expected

# We are electricity

# The universe reflects in you and me

# We're electricity

# Just when I least expected

# Half a tank should get me to Millbank

# I fill her up and head down to Sidcup

# It's just a meeting

It's only fleeting

# It's just a pitch

And then I'm up to Ipswich

# Life on the road

# Don't need a heavy load

# Foot down to the floor

# Seventy miles an hour

But no more

# Wheeler dealing no feeling

# Strictly business

I'm killin' it in Widnes

# Then to Gloucester

I get a Costa

# Hard shoulder

Coffee holder

# Life on the road

# Don't need a heavy load

# Foot down to the floor

# Seventy miles an hour

But never more

# Life on the road

# Don't need a heavy load

# Foot down to the floor

# Seventy miles an hour

But no more

# Life on the road

# Don't need a heavy load

# Foot down to the floor

# Seventy miles an hour

But no more #

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