Number of the Day

A nonillion. The number of times I believe I've listened to Glasvegas' "Go Square Go" this week.



[Lyrics below.]
This is such a consummately Scottish song. If I close my eyes, I can imagine myself in The Queens Arms in Edinburgh (no disrespect to the Glaswegians in question) with "Go Square Go" blaring from the jukebox on the same set of coins that chose "Tubthumping," "Come On Eileen," and The Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night," all of which I'm certain I've heard at least twice in every goddamned Scottish pub I've ever had a pint.

A "square go," by the way, is a Scottish term for an arranged fistfight. When I asked Iain if he'd ever had any square goes back in the day, he gave me a look as if to say, "Ye dae ken I grew up a working class Scottish lad, yeah? We've met, yeah?" Apparently, his first square go was at the ripe old age of seven, and his last was at 23. I asked him if he'd ever won any, to which he snorted and muttered, "Yes I did, fank ye very much!"

if he wants to fight you
at the school gates
half past four grab your bag
don't you be late
if he wants to hit you
hit you in the face
if he wants to hurt you
in front of your mates
if he wants you to run away
run away run away
don't you fucking run away

go square go!
go square go!
go square go!
go square go square go!

don't you wait for the bell
to ring ding-a-ling-a-ling
one step forward then a
bada-bada-bing
don't you make me
go down to the pub
with all my mates knowing
some individual smashed you up
you know its something
that you will have to face
face to face
man to man
here and now
biff bang pow

go square go!
go square go!
go square go!
go square go square go!

i don't really feel too good
my heart is beating faster
my dad told me
not to come home
if i don't kill this bastard
my dad is right, my dad is right
my dad is right, my dad is right
win, lose, or draw this one
if i don't fight i can't go home

here we, here we
here we here we
here we here we fucking go
here we, here we
here we here we
here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go
here we here we here we fucking go