Payday in the Village (Live)

now maria, she is a teller
 down at the savings and loan
 most of the days
 she finds different ways
 to kill time while she sits alone
 but it's tuesday and the fifteenth
 tonight is the night of the bash
 the workers of town
 plow the bank doors down
 to get all their paychecks cashed
 it's payday in the village
 the house band is a playing
 don't plan for tomorrow
 'cuz everybody's staying
 overnight at the pirate's patch
 you won't believe the buzz you'll catch
 it don't come through drink
 it don't come through smoke
 it comes through the joy of the village folk
 now alonzo, he is a foreman
 up at the ferguson plant
 from eight until four
 he will shell out the chores
 his laborers sulk 'cuz they can't
 but it's mid-month and a tuesday
 tonight at the patch they'll be found
 celebrated and vindicated
 'cuz alonzo will pick up their rounds
 devil trumpets blowing
 angel choirs singing
 don't call on the telephone
 'cuz we won't hear the ringing
 now alonzo and maria
 me about half past nine
 he makes a deal to pick up the meal
 if she will just pick up the wine
 there's a big line at the nightclub
 it winds down the neighborhood block
 the manager thinks
 and he hopes they will drink
 'cuz he's kept twice the beer in stock