[Intro]

Northline Air closes at nine.
Distance: thirty-two kilometres.
Stock remaining: one.

[Verse]

Oliver swiped his corporate card.
The bank replied, cold and hard:
MERCHANT NOT ENABLED FOR THIS CLASS.
TRANSACTION DECLINED. CONTACT FINANCE.

"Who can approve?" "Your purchasing head."
"I am the purchasing head," he said.
"Then director confirmation applies."
"My director's token is not nearby."

[Chorus]

Buy it yourself,
When the company cannot help itself.
Put the rulebook back upon the shelf—
Take the cost and buy it yourself.

No commendation, no promised wealth—
Just get the part and buy it yourself.

[Verse]

He held the card above the bin,
Then placed it back—no giving in.
Mara's message crossed the screen:
THIRTY-EIGHT. RACK FIVE. BACKUP GONE.

He checked his own account instead—
Mortgage due, a month ahead.
Eight hundred pounds, and shipping more.
His hand stayed steady. He was sure.

[Pre-Chorus]

The purchase page displayed "Confirm."
One simple button broke the norm.
No signature and no review.
No vendor file to travel through.

[Chorus]

Buy it yourself,
When the company cannot help itself.
Put the rulebook back upon the shelf—
Take the cost and buy it yourself.

No commendation, no promised wealth—
Just get the part and buy it yourself.

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

He heard his own old training phrase:
"Never bypass the gateway's maze."
Somebody had to choose the cost—
Not after smoke. Not after loss.

[Build-up]

Mara called. "Did they approve?"
"No." "Then what can we do?"
Oliver looked at the receipt.
"We buy the part. We move our feet."

[Final Chorus]

Buy it yourself,
When the company has trapped itself.
I will carry every consequence
If it keeps the system safe.

No committee came to offer help—
Tonight I choose to buy it myself.

[Outro]

Order confirmed. Collection: Building B.
Closing time: twenty-one hundred.

Oliver printed the receipt
On company paper.