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Verse 1
Rudy, last shift, nineteen years old
Two years on the pot wash and never once late
You start at the college on the fifth of September
You told me on a Tuesday like it was nothing at all
Chef said congratulations, then he asked for a clean tray
That's the whole speech you're getting from him, so here's mine
Chorus
Bang the pans, bang the pans, Rudy's getting out
Out the back door, out the steam, out the shout
Two years in the heat and you never learned to hide
Bang the pans for Rudy — last shift, go
Verse 2
You fixed the extractor with a fork and a bit of string
You brought your nan's stew in for eleven people once
You have never dropped a plate. I have dropped a hundred.
You covered me in March when I could not get out of bed
You never mentioned it again, not once, not to a soul
So I'm mentioning it now, at volume, in the yard
Chorus
Bang the pans, bang the pans, Rudy's getting out
Out the back door, out the steam, out the shout
Two years in the heat and you never learned to hide
Bang the pans for Rudy — last shift, go
Bridge
Don't come back. I mean that in the kindest way.
Come back for a pint. Don't come back for a rota.
You'll be running your own pass inside of ten years
Feed the porter. Learn their name in the first week.
Final Chorus
Bang the pans, bang the pans, Rudy's getting out
Out the back door, out the steam, out the shout
Two years in the heat and you never learned to hide
Bang the pans for Rudy — take the apron off
Leave the ticket. I've written on the back.
Outro
Service done. Kitchen's closed.
Go on, Rudy.
Go.
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