I wanna tell you a story
All about the house rent blues
I come home one Friday
Had to tell my landlady I done lost my job
She said "That don't confront me,
Just as long as I get my rent money by next Friday."
Now, next Friday come and I coulnd't get the rent
And out the door I went
So I goes to the landlady
I said, "Y-y-y-you let this slide,
I'll have the rent for you tomorrow,
the next day, I don't know."
She let this slide on you know peoples
I notice when I come home in the evening
She ain't got nothin' nice to say to me
But for five years
She was so nice
Lordy mamma she was lovey-dovey
Now I came in one particular evening
The landlady said, "You got the rent money yet, sucker?"
I say, "No, I can't find no job.
How am I supposed to get some money to pay this rent?"
She said, "I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job."
She said, "I seen you today you was standin' on a corner
leanin' against a post."
I said, "But I'm tired, I been walkin' all day."
She said, "That don't confront me,
Long as I get my rent money by next Friday."
Now you know next Friday come and I coulnd't get the rent...
Thank you!
And out the mother humpin' door I went
So I go in my room, pack up my stuff and I go
I pack up my John Lee Hooker record collection
And down the streets I go
I stopped down to the Friday night jamboree and hootenanny
Now when I got down there
Everybody was grinnin', greased, and gassed
I go to the bar
Tell my bartender
I said, "Looky here man,
Come on down here."
He got down there
Said, "What you want?"
A one bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No, I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when
Mr. Bartender, set'em up again
Gonna get high, man, I gotta get loose
I wanna triple shot of Cincinnati juice
When I get drunk, don'tcha have no fear
I want one bourbon, a scotch, and a beer
One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer
I take it some of you folks heard this story before
Then I's sittin' there
At the bar
Just me and the Delaware Destroyers sittin' at the bar
We's sittin' there
Drinkin' bourbon, scotch, and Budweiser beer
I looked down the bar
My-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my-my...
Stop that!
My bartender
I said, "Looky here, man,
Come down here."
He got down there,
Said, "What you want?"
I said "What time is it?"
He said, "The clock on the wall says two o'clock,
Last call, for alcohol."
He said, "What you need?"
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No ain't seen my baby since almost a week
Need a drink so bad man I c-c-can't even speak
When I get drunk, man, listen to me
One drink ain't enough, jack,
You better bring three
When I get drunk, I'm gonna make it real clear
I want one...
One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer
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