The Icemaker

Long before dawn and it's black as the hack, The door yields to my key. Four dark sheets and the eight cold rings, And nobody here but me. I plane her down and I shave her flat, I fill the tank with the heat. I swing, and I swing, walkin' backwards and fast, Till there's perfect pebble under my feet. I'm the icemaker! (Hey!) I lay the pebble before the sun, I watch you wear it thin! (Wear it thin!) Then I come back when the games are done, And I lay it down again! (Lay it down again!) Now nobody says a word to me When the rock is runnin' true, But let her go a half-foot straight And there'll be a bealin hullabaloo. "There's no curl down there at sheet two," "Out-turn falls off, going away!" "She's keen!" "She's frosty!" "She's swingin'!" Everyone has something to say. I'm the icemaker! (Hey!) I lay the pebble before the sun, I watch you wear it thin! (Wear it thin!) Then I come back when the games are done, And I lay it down again! (Lay it down again!) They shove from the hack with a flutter and jerk, Miss the target broom by a mile! They stare at the sheet like it's done them wrong, While I stand in the shadows and smile. (The slide is a mess, delivery's obscene,) (They dump it right off the line!) (But better to blame the nipping routine,) No, the pebble, ya numpties, IS FINE! So they'll raise a glass to the skip and the lead, For me there is no glory or fame. I'm the reason she curled to the button, my lads, I'm the one who puts the name in the game. So keep your cheers and your silver cups, Just tell me that she ran. I'm the icemaker! (Hey!) I lay the pebble before the sun, I watch you wear it thin! (Wear it thin!) Then I come back when the games are done, And I lay it down again! (Lay it down again!) Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down again! Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down again!