wanna tell you a story about the house rent blues i come home one friday had to tell the landlady i done lost my job she said that don t confront me long as i get my money next friday now next friday come i didn t get the rent and out the door i went so i goes to the landlady i said you let me slide i ll have the rent for ya tomorrow the next day i don t know so she let me slide it on you know people i notice when i come home in the evening she ain t got nothing nice to say to me but for five year she was so nice lord she was lovey dovey i come home one particular evening the landlady said you got the rent money yet i said no can t find no job therefore i ain t got no money to pay the rent she said i don t believe you re tryin to find no job said i seen you today you were standin on a corner leaning up against a post i said but i m tired i been walkin all day she said that don t confront me long as i get my money next friday now next friday come i didn t have the rent and out the door i went so i go down the streets down to my good friend s house i said look man i m outdoors you know can i stay with you maybe a couple of days he said ah let me go and ask my wife he come out of the house i could see it in his face i know that was no he said ah i don t know man ah she kinda funny you know i said i know everybody funny now you funny too  so i go back home i tell the landlady i got a job i m gonna pay the rent she said yeah i said oh yeah and then she was so nice lord she was lovey dovey so i go in my room pack up my things and i go i slip on out the back door and down the streets i go she a howlin about the front rent she ll be lucky to get any back rent she ain t gonna get none of it so i stop in the local bar you know people i go to the bar i ring my coat i call the bartender said look man come down here he got down there so what you want one bourbon one scotch and one beer well i ain t seen my baby since i don t know when i ve been drinking bourbon whiskey scotch and gin gonna get high man i m gonna get loose need me a triple shot of that juice gonna get drunk don t you have no fear i want one bourbon one scotch and one beer one bourbon one scotch one beer but i m sitting now at the bar i m getting drunk i m feelin mellow i m drinkin bourbon i m drinkin scotch i m drinkin beer looked down the bar here come the bartender i said look man come down here so what you want one bourbon one scotch one beer no i ain t seen my baby since the night before last gotta get a drink man i m gonna get gassed gonna get high man i ain t had enough need me a triple shot of that stuff gonna get drunk won t you listen right here i want one bourbon one shot and one beer one bourbon one scotch and one beer well all right yeah scratch my back baby yeah now by this time i m plenty high you know when your mouth a getting dry you re plenty high looked down the bar i see to my bartender i said look man come down here he got down there so what you want this time i said look man a what time is it he said the clock on the wall say three o clock a last call for alcohol so what you need one bourbon one scotch one beer lord i ain t seen my baby since a nigh on a week gotta get drunk man so i can t even speak gonna get high man listen to me one drink ain t enough jack you better make it three gonna get drunk i m gonna make it real clear i want one bourbon one scotch and one beer one bourbon one scotch one beer2