now maria, she is a teller   down at the savings and loan   most of the days   she finds different ways   to kill time while she sits alone   but it's tuesday and the fifteenth   tonight is the night of the bash   the workers of town   plow the bank doors down   to get all their paychecks cashed      it's payday in the village   the house band is a playing   don't plan for tomorrow   'cuz everybody's staying      (chorus)   overnight at the pirate's patch   you won't believe the buzz you'll catch   it don't come through drink   it don't come through smoke   it comes through the joy of the village folk      now alonzo, he is a foreman   up at the ferguson plant   from eight until four   he will shell out the chores   his laborers sulk 'cuz they can't   but it's mid-month and a tuesday   tonight at the patch they'll be found    celebrated and vindicated   'cuz alonzo will pick up their rounds      devil trumpets blowing   angel choirs singing   don't call on the telephone   'cuz we won't hear the ringing      (chorus)      now alonzo and maria   me about half past nine   he makes a deal to pick up the meal   if she will just pick up the wine   there's a big line at the nightclub   it winds down the neighborhood block   the manager thinks   and he hopes they will drink   'cuz he's kept twice the beer in stock      (chorus)