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 couldn't get the rent
And out the door I went
So I goes to the landlady
And 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 come in one particular evening
The landlady said, "You got the rent money yet,"
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 standin' on a corner
leanin' up against a post."
I said, "But I'm tired, I been walkin' all day."
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...
Thank you!
And out the mother humpin' door I went
I take it some of you people have heard this story before
Well, you're gonna hear it again motherhumpers
And again and again and again and again
And again and again and again and again and again
So I go in my room and I pack up my stuff and I go
I pack up my John Lee Hooker record collection
And down the streets I go
Sunday night jamboree and hootenanny, Fox Theater
Before I go to Fox though, I,
Had to stop off at the Mississippi Nights to whet my whistle
Oh, how sweet it is
I go to the bar
Tell my bartender
Said, "Looky here man,
Come on down here."
He got down there
Said, "What you want?"
A one bourbon, one scotch, one beer
Well, I ain't seen my baby since I the night before last
Mr. Bartender, fill up my glass
Gonna get high, man, I gotta get loose
Give me a triple shot of that juice
When I get drunk, don'tcha have no fear
I want one bourbon, one scotch, and a beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
Everybody's havin' a good time!
But I's sittin' there
At the bar
Gettin' drunk, knocked out
Feelin' groovy
Just havin' good, clean, American fun
I looked down the bar
For my bartender
Said, "Looky here, man,
Come on down here."
He got down there,
Said, "What you want?"
A one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer
Well I ain't seen my baby since since the night before last
Mr. Bartender f-f-fill up my glass
Wanna get high, man, I ain't had enough
Gimme a triple shot of that stuff
When I get drunk I have no fear
I want one bourbon, a shot, and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
Now by this time
I'm plenty high
You know when your tongue is gettin' dry
You're plenty high
Now if you get a little too high
Don't drink and drive
Don't drink and drive, baby
If you get a little too high
Get your buddy to drive you home
Or get your girlfriend to drive you home
Or get your buddy's girlfriend to drive you home
But please don't drink and drive
And we sit there
At the bar
Just me and the Delaware Destroyers at the bar now
We sit there
Listenin' to Stevie Ray Vaughan on the jukebox
I looked down the bar
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m stop that
My bartender
I said, "Looky here, man,
Come on 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
Said what you want?"
A one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer
I ain't seen my baby since almost a week
Need a drink so bad man I can't even speak
Wanna get high, man, listen to me
One drink ain't enough jack, you better bring three
When I get drunk I wanna make it real clear
I want...
One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer
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