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Want to tell you a storyAbout the house-man bluesI come home one FridayHad to tell the landlady I'da lost my jobShe said that don't confront meLong as I get my money next FridayNow next Friday come I didn't get the rentAnd out the door I wentSo I goes to the landladyI said you let me slide?I'll have the rent for you in a monthNext I don't knowSo said let me slide it onI notice when I come home in the eveningShe ain't got nothing nice to say to meBut for five year she was so niceLoh' she was lovy-dovyI come home one particular eveningThe landlady saidYou got the rent money yet?I said no, can't find no jobSongtexteTherefore I ain't got no moneyTo pay the rentShe said I don't believeYou're tryin' to find no jobSaid I seen you today you was standin' on a cornerLeaning up against a postI said but I'm tired,I've been walkin' all dayShe said that don't concern meLong as I get my money next FridayNow next Friday come I didn't have the rentAnd out the door I wentSo I go down the streetsDown to my good friend's houseI said look manI'm outdoors you knowCan I stay with you maybe a couple days?He said let me go and ask my wifeHe come out of the houseI could see it in his faceI know that was noHe said I don't know manAh she kinda funny, you knowI said I know,Everybody funny, now you funny tooSo I go back homeI tell the landlady I got a job,I'm gonna pay the rentShe said yeah? I said oh yeahAnd then she was so niceLoh' she was lovy-dovySo I go in my room,Pack up my things and I goI slip on out the back doorAnd down the streets I goShe a-howlin' about the front rent,She'll be lucky to get any back rentShe ain't gonna get none of itSo I stop in the local bar you know peopleI go to the bar, I ring my coat,I call the bartenderSaid look man, come down here,He got down thereSo what you want?One bourbon, one scotch, one beerWell I ain't seen my babySince I don't know whenI've been drinking bourbon, whiskey,Scotch and ginGonna get high man I'm gonna get looseNeed me a triple shot of that juiceGonna get drunk don't you have no fearI want one bourbon,One scotch and one beerOne bourbon, one scotch, one beerBut I'm sitting now at the barI'm getting drunk, I'm feelin' mellowI'm drinkin' bourbon,I'm drinkin' scotch,I'm drinkin' beerLooked down the bar,Here come the bartenderI said look man, come down hereSo what you want?One bourbon, one scotch, one beerNo I ain't seen my baby sinceThe night before lastGotta get a drink manI'm gonna get gassedGonna get high manI ain't had enoughNeed me a triple shot of that stuffGonna get drunkWon't you listen right hereI want one bourbon,One shot and one beerOne bourbon, one scotch, one beerNow by this timeI'm plenty highYou know when your mouth a-getting dryYou're plenty highLooked down the barI say to my bartenderI said look man,Come down here,He got down thereSo what you want this time?I said look man,A-what time is it?He said the clock on the wallSay three o'clockLast call for alcohol,So what you need?One bourbon, one scotch, one beerNo I ain't seen my baby sinceA nigh' and a weekGotta get drunk manTill I can't even speakGonna get high manListen to meOne drink ain't enoughJack you better make it threeI want to get drunkI'm gonna make it real clearI want one bourbon,One scotch and one beerOne bourbon, one scotch, one beer Aus Songtexte Mania