For Van Morrison and John Bennett

What's my line?
I'm a working man past my prime,
cleaning toilets. Take my time.
I listen to Owen Saunders on my lunch break,
write after work, go to The Red Bar to hear Dread Clampitt
on the weekend, give a presentation at a writers conference,
publish pamphlets. Oh, I'm happy cleaning toilets,
yes I am. I'm happy cleaning toilets. Yes I am.
I'm a working man past his prime. Cleaning toilets.
Take my time. What are they going to do? Demote me?
If they fire me, they'll have to hire someone else,
who would be just as bad. I'm glad.
Oh, I'm happy cleaning toilets. Yes I am.
I'm a working man past his prime. Cleaning toilets.
Take my time. "Number 36." Take a number, stand in line.