One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Want to tell you a story About the house-man blues I come home one Friday Had to tell the landlady I'da 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 you in a month Next I don't know So said 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 Loh' she was lovy-dovy 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 was standin' on a corner Leaning up against a post I said but I'm tired, I've 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 days? He said 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 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 Loh' she was lovy-dovy 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, 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, one beer 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 say 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 Last call for alcohol, so what you need? One bourbon, one scotch, one beer No I ain't seen my baby since a nigh' and a week Gotta get drunk man till I can't even speak Gonna get high man listen to me One drink ain't enough Jack you better make it three I want to get drunk I'm gonna make it real clear I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

As I got on a city bus and found a vacant seat, I thought I saw my future bride walkin' up the street, I shouted to the driver "hey conductor, you must slow down. I think I see her please let me off this bus" Nadine, honey is that you? Oh, Nadine. Honey, is that you? Seems like every time I see you darling you got something else to do. I saw her from the corner when she turned and doubled back And started walkin' toward a coffee colored Cadillac I was pushin' through the crowd to get to where shes at And I was campaign shouting like a southern diplomat. Downtown searching for her, looking all around, Saw her getting in a yellow cab heading up town. I caught a loaded taxi, paid up everybodys tab. With a twenty-dollar bill, told him "catch that yellow cab." She moves around like a wave of summer breeze, Go, driver, go, go, catch her balmy breeze. Moving through the traffuc like a mounted cavalier Leaning out the taxi window trying to make her hear.

My baby left me and my mule got lame Lost my money in a poker game A windstorm came just the other day Blew the house that I lived in away I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Started sellin' whiskey, wine, and gin They caught me last week and last night again Now, the sheriff he comes, in sight Walked into my house and caught me shootin' dice I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Carried me away, my pajamas on I even hate that I was born Let me out and I'll go cross town Couldn't find my baby, she'd put me down I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Went to the races, placed my bet My hard luck my horse isn't in yet I go across town after I blows my dough Even landlady changed the lock on the door I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Pawned my watch, pawned my chain I'd a pawned myself, but I was ashamed Got a job on the city pay Late one mornin', laid me off that day So much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind, yeah My baby left me and my mule got lame Lost my money in a poker game A windstorm came just the other day Blew the house that I lived in, away I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Trouble, trouble, trouble

Elmore James The sky is crying Look at the tears roll down the street The sky is crying Look at the tears roll down the street I'm feeling sad and lonely My baby's left me Understanding and a little lovin' A little love is all that I need Understanding and a little lovin' A little love is all that I need But misunderstanding and a no-good woman They both cause my heart to bleed Now every morning The weeping willows weep for me Now every morning baby The weeping willows weep for me The birds sing a little tune I wish they'd sing my baby back home to me The sky is crying Look at the tears roll down the street The sky is crying Look at the tears roll down the street I'm feeling sad and lonely My baby's left me

I know a cat named Way-out Willie He's got a groovy little chick named Rocking' Lily Yeah, rock'n'rolling Suzie Q Does that crazy old hand jive, too Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive Mama, mama, look at Sister Flo Doing that hand jive with Uncle Joe When I gave little sister a dime I said "Do that hand jive one more time" Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive A doctor, a lawyer and an Indian Chief They all dig that Diddley beat Way-out Willie gave them all a treat When he did that hand jive with his feet Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive Papa told Willie, "You'll ruin my home You and that hand jive have got to go" Willie told Papa, "Don't you put me down They're doing that hand jive all around town" Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive Willie and Lily got married last fall They had a little Willie Junior, and that ain't all Well, the baby got famous in his crib, you see When he did that hand jive on MTV Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive