I Lost My Job Again
Pigeon John Lyrics

Woke up in the morning with my manager yelling about
The artist starts the day with an argument with his manager about his inability to pay his rent.

Late rent and debt with the threat of her throwing me out
His manager threatened him to evict his house as he was unable to pay for his stay due to his debts.

I promise with a sweat bead hanging that I would pay
The artist promises his manager to pay the rent as soon as he gets a job.

As soon as I get a job so so I can stay
The artist needs to get a job to save himself from getting kicked out of his house.

She said I had 2 weeks and its coming up quickly
The manager gave the artist a two weeks' notice to pay his rent.

Butt naked in the kitchen looking through LA Weekly
The artist without any job is desperately looking for job openings through LA Weekly.

Searching in the Want Ads frantically
The artist is eagerly searching the 'Want Ad' sections of the newspapers for any job openings.

So something similiar to fit my personality
The artist is trying to get a job suitable for his personality and skills.

And then boom that's when I saw it
The artist finally lands on a job opening that catches his eye.

A jewelry shop at Macy's
The job opening that the artist saw was a jewelry shop at Macy's.

I can birdwatch and make cash at the same place G
The artist thinks he can birdwatch and make money at the same place, which refers to the job description at Macy's jewelry shop.

Its was cool so I signed up
The artist enrolls himself for the job without a second thought.

Slanging Swatch watches to all the people lined up
The artist's role was to sell Swatch watches to customers standing in a queue.

That's when they moved me to the Diamond Department
The artist gets promoted to the Diamond Department of Macy's.

And applied pressure to sell a larger margin
The manager puts more pressure on the artist to sell more products.

I tried my best but I always came up short
The artist was trying his best but was unable to meet the sales target.

A diamond ring salesman just wasn't my sport
The artist wasn't skilled or experienced enough to be a diamond ring salesman.

There was more pressure so I had to sell something
The artist had no option but to sell some products to avoid getting fired.

Saw a girl in the front trying to decide want did she want
The artist observes a girl trying to figure out what she wants to buy.

I said "Girl you need a ring" started selling that thing
The artist suggests a ring to the girl and tries to sell the ring to her.

Got excited and straight forgot the bring
The artist forgets to bring the price tag of the ring for sale.

The price tag to my face the ring was 3 grand
The artist realized that the ring he sold was worth 3000 dollars.

And it was looking lovely on her pretty left hand
The girl looked beautiful wearing the ring on her left hand.

She bought for half cause I thought the tag said so
The artist mistakenly thought that the price tag was half the original price and sold it to the girl.

But I read it wrong noticed when she walked out the door
The artist realized that he had read the price tag wrong only when the girl had left with the ring.

Walking home from Macy's had to dry my tears
The artist was leaving Macy's crying as he lost his job.

Cause I only had 1 week to pay the rent it was clear
The artist was under the pressure of paying his rent within a week's time.

I had to get another gig quick asking at church
The artist tried to get another job quickly. He even reached out to his church community for help.

"Is anyone hiring?" and it worked
The artist's request to his church community to connect him with a job opportunity worked out for him.

I got a job in downtown as a stock clerk
The artist successfully secures a new job as a stock clerk in a downtown store.

Shelving and alphabetizing files like a doctor
The artist's job was to organize files in a systematic manner.

On a patient but my boss wasn't playing with time
The artist's boss was not giving him enough time to organize the files.

Brother wanted his files then now and future in line
The boss wanted all the files in line immediately without any delay.

And you know I'm not good under pressure
The artist was not capable of working under high-pressure situations.

I act like Radio and Rain Man together
The artist's stress levels were high, and he felt like he was losing his mind, like the characters from the movies 'Radio' and 'Rain Man.'

Started messing up losing important files and such
The artist began to misplace important files and struggled to remember their locations.

And finding them too late when in a crutch
The artist found the misplaced files, but it was too late by then.

My boss brought me his office for a little pep talk
The artist's boss called him for a one-on-one discussion to motivate him.

"John you can do it if you don't talk but walk"
The boss tells the artist to focus on his work and do it efficiently instead of explaining himself so often.

I said "That's right" but I knew I was wrong
The artist agreed with his boss but knew it was impossible for him to work efficiently under pressure.

I was so scared and behind these throngs of files
The artist was scared and stressed due to the increasing number of files he had to organize.

They could've been anywhere in the aisles
The artist was unsure of which files he had organized and which were still pending.

Under the desks behind the printers in piles
The files could be anywhere, including behind the printers or under the desks.

And it way past due I turned my files in last
The artist submitted his files past the due date.

Not good enough I felt my job just pass
The artist thought his work wasn't enough to keep his job.

You're gonna be ok my little boy
Finally, the artist receives words of comfort from someone else.

Just shake shake it off and go home
The artist receives advice to shake off his failures and move on to the next day.