Now Govan is a busy place upon a Friday night
And the billiard halls down here are busy too
An' there's many a strongly fancied lad been rattled in a fight
For fiddlin' wi' the colours and the cue

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Oh, don't stan' and look aroun' when the cues are upside down
And the balls are flying fast from far and near
For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame
When they're sending out the message in your ear

Now 'twas on a certain Friday I went down to a saloon
For I'd heard some fancy things about this dive
And I went up to a table where two lads were trying hard
To win three sets of snooker out of five

[Chorus]
Don't stan' to look aroun' when the cues are upside down
And the balls are flying fast from far and near
For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame
When they're sending out the message in your ear

There were nearly four score Govan boys wi' bunnets tae the fore
Standing round about the benches looking grim
For the word had got around that one chap was three sets down
And his chances now were getting mighty slim
[Chorus]
Don't stan' to look aroun' when the cues are upside down
And the balls are flying fast from far and near
For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame
When they're sending out the message in your ear

Now half this mob had bet their dough upon the losin' bloke
And the others on the boy whose game was made
But the leary, losing punters knew that when this game was o'er
The other half just wasnae getting paid

[Chorus]
Don't stan' to look aroun' when the cues are upside down
And the balls are flying fast from far and near
For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame
When they're sending out the message in your ear

Now the cool-dab lad, the winning boy, was right up on the kill
He was sticking home the points in fives and threes
When the losing lad he calls, as he jiggles up the balls
'That's all, the gem's a bogie if you please!'

[Chorus]
Don't stan' to look aroun' when the cues are upside down
And the balls are flying fast from far and near
For whether you're tae blame, ye'd be better safe at hame
When they're handing out the stitches in your ear