Ordinary Weekend Lyrics - John Wesley Harding

I lost my job on Friday, I went drinking to forget 

My luck, it had been down so long but I could change it yet 

Sat down and started talking with some guy sitting there 

He bought me drinks all afternoon until I didn't care 

He said was I in need of work, some money could be found 

I said, "Is it above the law?" He said, "It's underground" 

I said "I need the paycheck now, I got debts here and there" 

He smiled and asked if I could drive and I said, "Anywhere, anywhere" 

In this weekend of ordinary dreams 

Everything is not just as it seems 

Take a look around at the faces in the crowd 

And you'll see where I've been 

We met up on the Saturday, I thought it was us two 

But I had not asked questions not knowing what to do 

Twelve of them were in the van, thirteen including me 

Twelve pairs of eyes were staring back at me, suspiciously 

And so I just sat down and drove and took them to a track 

And drove past the security guard while they hid in the back 

They made me stop and got out there and I heard a couple of shots 

I hoped they were in self-defense but I knew that they were not 

They were not 

In this weekend of ordinary dreams 

Everything is not just as it seems 

Take a look around at the faces in the crowd 

And you'll see where I've been 

I drummed my fingers on the wheel and waited for the boys 

Had a smoke, I had a few, I got very paranoid 

And still they hadn't come back there, so I just drove away 

Deciding to play safe and get my share another day 

On Sunday, he came 'round my place, I asked him where they'd been 

He said they'd left another way and only I was seen 

He said that we should cash the van and did I want my share 

I didn't like the way they'd left but now I didn't care 

Didn't care for this weekend of ordinary dreams 

Everything is not just as it seems 

Take a look around at the faces in the crowd 

But I guess I was just too keen, just too keen 

He drove me to a back room with a single swinging light 

Someone said, "The fish are starving, ain't it time they had a bite" 

And I felt sick and stupid and damned my own brown hair 

Forgetting that the price you pay must far exceed the share 

Someone pulled a knife out and they stabbed me in the back 

And they bound my hands, they tied my feet, they threw me in a sack 

And they took me to a lakeside where they threw my body in 

I could hear them laughing, they said, "You can sink or swim 

Sink or swim, sink or swim, sink or swim, sink" 

So hear you desperate women 

And hear you desperate men 

Don't take your life for granted 

Please don't live your life in vain 

But if you think that you can change it 

Hope you know you can't go back 

Just go down to the lakeside 

Watch me floating in that sack, in that sack 

Watch me floating in a sack 

Watch me floating in a sack 

Watch me floating in a sack