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Want to 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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FridayHad to tell the landlady |
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I'da 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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FridayNow 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 wentSo 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 in month |
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Next I don't know |
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So said let me slide it on |
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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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Loh' she was lovy-dovy |
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I come home one particular evening |
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The landlady said |
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You got the rent money yet? |
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I said no, can't find no job |
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Therefore |
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I ain't got no money |
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To pay the rent |
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She said I don't believe |
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You're tryin' to find no job |
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Said I seen you today you was standin' on the corner |
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Leaning up against a post |
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I said but |
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I'm tired, |
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I've been walkin' all day |
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She said that don't concern me |
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Long as I get my money next |
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FridayNow next |
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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 wentSo I go down the streets |
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Down to my good friend's house |
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I said look man |
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I'm outdoors you know |
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Can I stay with you maybe a couple days? |
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He said 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 |
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Ah she kinda funny, you know |
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I said I know, |
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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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Loh' she was lovy-dovy |
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So I go in my room, |
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Pack up my things and |
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I goI slip on out the back door |
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And down the streets |
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I goShe a-howlin' about the front rent, |
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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, |
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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 seem my baby |
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Since 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, |
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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 drinking beer |
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Looked down the bar, |
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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 |
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The night before last |
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Gota 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 |
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Won't you listen right here |
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I want one bourbon, |
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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 |
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You're plenty high |
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Looked down the bar |
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I say to my bartenderi said look man, |
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Come down here, |
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He got down there |
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So what you want this time? |
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I said look man, |
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What time is it? |
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He said the clock on the wall |
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Say three o'clock |
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Last call for alcohol, |
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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 |
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A nigh' and a week |
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Gotta get drunk man |
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Till I can't even speak |
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Gonna get high man |
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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 want to get drunk |
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I'm gonna make it clear |
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I want one bourbon, |
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One scotch and one beer, |
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer |