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Wanna tell you a story, |
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About the house rent blues |
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I come home one Friday, |
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Had to tell the landlady I done lost my job |
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She said that don't befront me, |
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Long as I get my money next Friday |
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Now next Friday come I didn't get the rent, |
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And out the door I went |
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So I goes to the landlady, |
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I said, "You let me slide?" |
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I'll have the rent for you tomorrow |
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Or the next day I don't know |
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So said let me slide it on you know people, |
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I notice when I come home in the evenin' |
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She ain't got nothing nice to say to me, |
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But for five year she was so nice |
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Lord, she was lovey-dovey, |
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I come home one particular evenin' |
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The landlady said, "You got the rent money yet?", |
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I said, "No, can't find no job, |
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Therefore I ain't got no money to pay the rent" |
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She said "I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job" |
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Said "I seen you today you was standin' on a corner, |
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Leaning up against a post" |
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I said "But I'm tired, I been walkin' all day" |
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She said "That don't befront me, |
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Long as I get my money next Friday" |
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Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent, |
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And out the door I went |
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So I go down the streets, |
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Down to my good friend's house |
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I said "Look man, I'm outdoors, you know, |
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Can I stay wicha maybe a couple days?" |
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He said "Uh, let me go and ask my wife" |
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He come out of the house, |
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I could see in his face |
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I knowed it was "no" |
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He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, an' all" |
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I said "I know, everybody funny, now you funny too" |
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So I go back home |
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I tell the landlady I got a job, I'm gonna pay the rent |
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She said "Yeah?" I said "Aw yeah" |
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And then she was so nice, |
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Lord, she was lovey-dovey |
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So I go in my room, pack up my things and I go, |
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I slip on out the back door and down the streets I go |
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She a-hollerin' about the front rent, she be lucky to get any back rent, |
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She ain't gonna get none of it |
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So I stop in the local bar, you know, people, |
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I go to the bar, I rent my coke, I call the bartender |
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I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there |
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Said, "Whatchoo want?" |
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"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer" |
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Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when, |
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I been drinking bourbon whiskey, scotch and gin |
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Gonna get high man, I'm gonna get loose, |
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Need me a triple shot o' that juice |
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Gonna get drunk, don't you have no fear |
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I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer |
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer |
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But I'm sittin' there at the bar, |
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I'm gettin' drunk, I'm feelin' mellow |
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I'm drinkin' bourbon, I'm drinkin' scotch, I'm drinkin' beer |
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Looked down the bar, here come the bartender |
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I said "Look man, come down here" |
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Said "Whatchoo want?" |
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"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer |
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No, I ain't seen my baby since the night before last, |
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Gotta get a drink man, I'm gonna get gassed |
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Gonna get high man, I ain't had enough, |
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Need me a triple shot of that stuff |
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Gonna get drunk, won'tcha listen right here, |
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I want one bourbon, one shot 'n' one beer |
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer" (well all right) |
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(Yeah) |
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(Scratch my back, bay-bah) |
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(Yeah-ahhh right) |
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Now by this time I'm plenty high, |
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You know when your mouth a-getting dry, you're plenty high |
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Looked down the bar, I see'da my bartender |
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I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there |
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He said "Whatchoo want this time? |
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I said "Look man, a-what time is it?" |
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He said "The clock on the wall say three o'clock. |
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Last call for alcohol, so what you need?" |
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"One bourbon, one scotch, one beer" |
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Lord, I ain't seen my baby since a-nigh on a week, |
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Gotta get drunk man, so I can't even speak |
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Gonna get high man, listen to me, |
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One drink ain't enough Jack, you better make it three |
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Gonna get drunk, I'm gonna make it real clear, |
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I want one bourbon, one scotch 'n' one beer |
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer" |
