Something to Shout About - Ernie Maresca

I've got a real important job In a large office buildin' Ridin' people in an elevator I drive a '57 Chevrolet With busted tail lights Burned out valves And a leaky radiator I wear a twenty dollar suit I bought from J.C. Penney's Back in 1962 But I've got somethin' to brag about Somethin' to brag about Somethin' to brag about in you I'm a short-order cook At an all night cafe Down on 18th Avenue and 12th Street I wear a swingin' mini-dress That I made for myself From Mama's kitchen curtains And old bed sheets I've got 17 pages Of Top Value stamps And one old pair of shoes But I've got somethin' to brag about Somethin' to brag about Somethin' to brag about in you When you're with the fellas, I know You start braggin' 'bout My hourglass figure And my big brown eyes Tell 'em, you tell your girlfriends 'Bout my sweet, sweet lovin' And that's one better that Money can't buy So, let's get married In the not-to-distant future We'll rent a little flat On 29th Street You know, we'll hang our washin' On the clothes line from the window We'll feast on cornbread Butter beans and lunch meat We won't have a thermostat A big long Cadillac But we'll have a love that's true Love has somethin' to brag about Yeah and I'll have, somethin' to brag about Yeah, somthin' to brag about in you

I can hear my ears ringing Behind my back says you'll never be anything Standing toe to toe to me They pat my back, we always knew you'd be somebody I can see right through it That smile on your face seems a little crooked I'm so sick and tired of staying up all night Worried you'r opinions gonna change the way I'm living Won't you step inside take a look at my life Walk a mile in my shoes see what you been missing Tell me do they both fit Did they give you something Something to talk about Oh, when the light come on You think I'd have 1000 Friends singing my songs But when the night ends Someone gotta go run their mouth Talking bout things they know nothing about I'm so sick and tired of staying up all night Worried you'r opinions gonna change the way I'm living Won't you step inside take a look at my life Walk a mile in my shoes see what you been missing Tell me do they both fit Did they give you something Something to talk about Am I lost and found Well it's a shame I'm looking in with the wrong growd Guess you got me figured out, upstairs looking down Anything to entertain you when I'm not around Not around I'm so sick and tired of staying up all night Worried you'r opinions gonna change the way I'm living Won't you step inside take a look at my life Walk a mile in my shoes see what you been missing Tell me do thet both fit Did they give you something Yeah, something to talk about Something to talk about I'll give you something to talk about, yeah Keep on running ya mouth I'll give you something to talk about

I could rob a bank in an ol' Mustang I could fight the cops with my bare two hands End up in jail eatin' microwave hell But I'm a little smarter than that I could even wait 'til the night got late Maybe with some fog and rain too Steal all the riches from them greedy sons of bitches And send in my story to the news Then you'd have somethin' to talk about Tell 'em I'm Jesse James Yeah we'll make 'em all believe it Nah, there ain't no doubt That I will give you somethin' to talk about Take to a bar and drink like a sailor And take home a married woman Tell her that I love her when her man walks in And puts a hollow point in my head Later on at the funeral, everyone is cryin' I could bust out of the casket that my momma picked out Dance all around the jolly good fellow Well then you'd have, then you'd have Somethin' to talk about Tell 'em I've gone insane Yeah, we'll make 'em all believe it Nah, there ain't no doubt That I will give you somethin' to talk about Talk about Ooh, get to talkin' Then you'd have Somethin' to talk about Tell 'em I'm strung on cocaine Yeah, we'll make 'em all believe it Nah, there ain't no doubt That I will give you somethin' to Somethin' to talk about Tell 'em I'm high as a plane Yeah, we'll make 'em all believe it Nah, there ain't no doubt That I will give you Somethin' to talk about Yeah, yeah Somethin', somethin' to talk about

I'll give you something to drink about I stumbled in this morning Completely out of my mind Down to my last warning Down to my last line But before I got one word out She unloaded on me Said if that bottle is all that important Then Ive got just what you need Chorus: I'll give you something to Drink About When I start doing what I've done without You think that you've got some problems now Just wait'll I get out of this house I'm gonna leave you with this memory It'll be here just to drive you to drink Now you'll have yourself a good excuse To pour down that juice I'll give you something to drink about She's only been gone two hours But I'm not here alone Her memory's already moving in And making itself at home And I'm already a-reaching For what drove her away From somewhere over in the corner I heard her memory say Chorus: I'll give you something to Drink About When I start doing what I've done without You think that you've got some problems now Just wait'll I get out of this house I'm gonna leave you with this memory It'll be here just to drive you to drink Now you'll have yourself a good excuse To pour down that juice I'll give you something to drink about You'll have a good excuse to pour down that juice I'll give you something to drink about...