The song is only 3 verses long, each dealing with a different character. The first, the yuppie a failure sitting in the cafe, waiting for his phone call that never arrives. Then he gets on the bus to his mother. Was he ever a real yuppie, or was it in his head?
The second verse, the gangster, a hardman or is he? Telling tales of knowing villians to anyone who will listen. All the while nervous if any aggro takes place in the pub, ready to make a quick getaway.
Verse three, the most telling of all, the rock and roller. Playing alone, night after night, which amateur musician hasn't gone through the mirror moment dreaming of making it?
The music is just an acoustic strum, an electric lead part and the bass and drums from the PS04 that I used at the time. The final bars of the song, where the drums go a bit off, was a mistake but I liked how it sounded and kept it in.
There is another portastudio version of this which I have yet to find. When I do it will go up here .....eventually.
The Words:
The Last Yuppie In Town
Sitting in the cafe tonight waiting for the phone to ring
Filofax is by his side he's thought of everything
And when the phonecall dosn't come he's on the bus home to his mum
It's hard not to feel a little down when you're the last yuppie in town
Drinking in the pub alone drinking halves to make em last
He says he once knew Reggie Kray but those days are in the past
and when a fight breaks out in the bar he's running to his Jaguar
He's gone putting his foot down he's the last gangster in town
Sitting in his bedroom alone playing on his guitar
He wanted to be a Rolling Stone but he never got that far
Now he wonders what his life all means as he sits in front of the mirror playing Cream
In his head he can hear the drums pound he's the last rock n roller in town.
The Music:
Sitting in the cafe tonight waiting for the phone to ring
Filofax is by his side he's thought of everything
And when the phonecall dosn't come he's on the bus home to his mum
It's hard not to feel a little down when you're the last yuppie in town
Drinking in the pub alone drinking halves to make em last
He says he once knew Reggie Kray but those days are in the past
and when a fight breaks out in the bar he's running to his Jaguar
He's gone putting his foot down he's the last gangster in town
Sitting in his bedroom alone playing on his guitar
He wanted to be a Rolling Stone but he never got that far
Now he wonders what his life all means as he sits in front of the mirror playing Cream
In his head he can hear the drums pound he's the last rock n roller in town.
The Music:
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