Twenty-Four Hours a Day

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Twenty-Four Hours a Day is the fourth track of The Yellow Album. It is sung by Apu. The song was written by John Boylan, Jeff Martin, Mike McKnight, and Jai Winding.
==Lyrics==
:Apu:
:Hello, baby. It is Apu to whom you are speaking. What's that, baby? You are proposing we have a cookout at the beach then tear a page from the Kamma Sutra 'til the sun rises over the Eastern Sea? Sorry, baby. That's impossible. I run a convenience store, and baby, you know what that's like.
:Got to sell the road maps,
:Got to move the twelve packs.
:I'm printing out the tickets for the lottery.
:Move out all the Trail Mix.
:Make room for the beef sticks!
:Informing all the punks: "This is not a library!"
:Hey! Yes, we have some string cheese!
:I'll have to check those ID's!
:We're running out of Half-n-Half and Sweet 'n' Low! Oh!
:Would you like some jerky?
:It comes in beek or turkey!
:You see what I am up to baby; I can't go!
:I'm working
:Apu and Back-Up Singers:
:Twenty-four hours a day!
:That don't leave no time left to play!
:We're open twenty-four hours a day!
:That don't leave no time left to play!
:Apu:
:No! No! No!
:Hey, if I deserted my post, who would be refilling the jalepeno receptor? You? I don't think so.
:I make coffee for the riff-raff:
:Regular and decaf;
:8 ounce, 12 ounce, 20 ounce.
:One for the road, sir?
:Heat-lamp dogs and Cheetos,
:Microwave burritos!
:Obey the printed warning, or it's sure to explode!
:I sit out front the magazines
:In which the subject matter's clean,
:Behind the counter, the adult variety!
:Back-Up Singers:
:Ay-yah!
:Apu:
:Heh! It won't help to make a fuss,
:I do not make change for the bus.
:To use the restroom, you must be an employee!
:I'm working
:Apu and Back-Up Singers:
:Twenty-four hours a day!
:That don't leave no time left to play!
:We're open twenty-four hours a day!
:That don't leave no time left to play!
:Apu:
:No! No! No!
:Apu and Back-Up Singers:
:Twenty-four hours a day!
:That don't leave no time left to play!
:Apu:
:No, it don't.
:Apu and Back-Up Singers:
:Twenty-four hours a day-ay!
:That don't leave no time left to play!
:Apu:
:No! No! No! Yes! Yes! No!
:(music becomes slower)
:I came to this country
:From a far away subcontinent
:With dreams to make a fortune
:In the movie industry!
:But instead, I'm making Squishees
:In a checkered dress.
:Oh, how I wish the camera on the ceiling
:Wasn't just there for security!
:(tempo increases to original)
:Oh, oh! Alright, I feel much better now! I felt a little sad there; now I'm very happy again. Oh. Oh, this is good. Yes, I like this, this is my favorite part of the song! Yes, my great-aunt Pirani used to dance to this. She used to work it on out. This is very funky part now.
:I'm working.
:Apu & Back-Up Singers:
:Twenty-four hours a day!
:That don't leave no time left to play!
:We're open twenty-four hours a day!
:That don't leave no time left to play!
:Apu:
:No! No! No! No! No! No!
:(back-up singers repeat chorus over the following)
:Hello, steady customer! Okay, let's see...that's..one packet of potency vitamins, three tins of smokeless tobacco and one box of honey-glazed popcorn clusters. That'll be...nothing because you're carrying a gun! Oh, here we go again. Please, sir, I ask that if you tie me up, you use the nylon rope; it feels so much softer against my skin than the other kind. Yes, you'll find it in back between the video games and the non-dairy creamer. Please, sir, oh, thank you very much. Okay, have a nice day! Come again!
Category:Songs
Category:Songs by Apu
Category:Original Songs