Beautiful South - Just Checkin' Lyrics
I came in here just to see his guilty faceI’m just checkin’He’s been dead twenty years but a sort of missed the chaseI’m just checkin’I’ve seen folk just like her, pop their noses round the doorThey’re just checkin’If this is where the husband was between 1 and 4They’re just checkin’Nothing hit’s so definite, hit’s so hardWhen he’s moved from Old White HartAnd he’s doing the Old GraveyardWe’re running a check. On the love we had taken awayWe’re running a check. That death was a fortnight astrayNothing hits so definite … (repeat)The mask of sobriety for afternoons he’d saveI’m just checkin’If he could fool me regularly he’d certainly fol his graveI’m just checkin’I’ve seen those widows pray for the hunt they had taken awayThey’re just checkin’They pretend they just popped by like they popped by yesterdayThey’re just checkin’I came round herein case he left a slateNo one settles up round here, like the widowed or the lateWe’ve seen folk like you settle bills or family feudsBut no-one’s bought a drink for those that death excludesWe’re just checkin’We’re just thinkin’We’re just sinkin’
