| 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 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 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" |