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Wanna tell you a story, |
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About the house-man blues |
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I come home one |
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Friday, Had to tell the landlady |
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I done lost my job |
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She said that don't confront me, |
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Long as I get my money next |
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Friday Now next |
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Friday come |
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I didn't get the rent, |
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And out the door |
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I went So |
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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 |
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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 |
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I come home in the evening |
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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 evening |
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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, 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, Leaning up against a post" |
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I said "But I'm tired, I've been walkin' all day" |
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She said "That don't confront me, Long as I get my money next Friday" |
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Now next Friday come |
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I didn't have the rent, |
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And out the door |
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I went So |
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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, Can I stay with you 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 it in his face |
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I know that was no |
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He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, you know" |
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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 |
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I got a job, |
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I'm gonna pay the rent |
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She said "Yeah?" |
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I said "Oh 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 |
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I go, I slip on out the back door and down the streets |
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I go She a-howlin' about the front rent, she'll 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, |
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I ring my coat, |
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I call the bartender |
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Said "Look man, come down here", he got down there |
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So what you want? |
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer |
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Well I ain't seen my baby since |
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I don't know when, |
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I've been drinking bourbon, whiskey, scotch and gin |
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Gonna get high man, |
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I'm gonna get loose, |
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Need me a triple shot of 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 sitting now at the bar, |
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I'm getting drunk, |
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I'm feelin' mellow |
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I'm drinkin' bourbon, |
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I'm drinkin' scotch, |
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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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So what you 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, |
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I'm gonna get gassed |
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Gonna get high man, |
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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't you listen right here, |
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I want one bourbon, one shot and one beer |
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer |
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Now by this time |
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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 |
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I say to my bartender |
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I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there |
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So what you 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. Last call for alcohol, so what you need?" |
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer |
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No, I ain't seen my baby since a nigh' on a week, |
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Gotta get drunk man, so |
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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 |
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Jack, you better make it three |
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I wanna get drunk, |
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I'm gonna make it real clear, |
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I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer |
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer |