I Didn’t Get My Chicken

It starts TEQUILA COMBINED WITH SOME SALT AND LIME, IRISH GOODBYE, STUMBLE INTO THE STREET The nugget meal I REACH FOR MY FOOD, I'M PRETTY FED UP IT ALL FELL APART AND DRANK TOO MUCH I DIDN’T GET MY CHICKEN

A bearded man performs into a microphone in a colorful recording studio while captions narrate an increasingly chaotic night: tequila, an Irish goodbye, a nugget meal, and drinking too much. The punchline is that after all the buildup, the real tragedy is simply not getting his chicken; the clip is set to Tom McGovern’s “One Drink,” whose upbeat drinking-song mood makes the melodramatic food complaint funnier.

It starts with one drink, a glass of wine, and then I take a shot with a friend of mine. Tequila combined with some salt and lime, and I chase with more wine. Now I'm drunk, and I need something to eat. Irish goodbye, stumble into the street. There's a Popeyes two minutes away, but I want Chick-fil-A. The Nugget meal, get to an Uber and go. After drive-through, I'm at the window. I reach for my food, I'm pretty fucked up. I grab it all wrong, and I watch it.

♪ Tom McGovern — One Drink

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