Wanna tell you a story,
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About the house-man 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 confront 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 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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Lord she was lovey-dovey,
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I come home one particular evening
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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've been walkin' all day"
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She said "That don't confront 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 with you 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 it in his face
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I know that was no
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He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, you know"
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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 "Oh 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
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She a-howlin' about the front rent, 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, I ring my coat, I call the bartender
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Said "Look man, come down here", 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 seen my baby 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, 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, 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, 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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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 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't you listen right here,
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I want one bourbon, one shot and one beer
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One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
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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 say to my bartender
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I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
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So what you 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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No, 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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I wanna get drunk, I'm gonna make it real clear,
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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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One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
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George Thorogood And The Destroyers |