Lyrics

TAKE A NUMBER / © Mark Hamby
From the "All Come Home" CD

Take a number, please
Walk your little problem to the back of the line
Make yourself at home
You’re gonna be there for a long, long time
Set your mind at ease
You got lots of company on this slide
Take a number, please—take a number, please—then step aside

They say it’s a brand new world
Your precious dream is just a nightmare now
You made some big mistakes
You want to fix them but you don’t know how
It’s always been so easy
Now there’s a rougher patch of road up ahead
It’s a brand new world—a brand new world—just like they said

So take a number, please
Walk your little problem to the back of the line…

We’ll call out your number as soon as we can
You tell us your story, wrap it in glory
We give you your moment in the sun

So take a number, please
Work a little harder for our sympathy
Write yourself a note
Put a little whiskey in that cup of tea
They took that strapping racehorse
Hitched him to a cheap little carnival ride
Take a number, please—take a number, please—then step aside