Drive-By Truckers - Guitar man upstairs
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GUITAR MAN UPSTAIRS
(Cooley / DBT)
(Scene: a small apartment on the south side of Birmingham
as a pissed off old man rants:)
I think I'm gonna call the PAolice, DI hear something upstAairs
I know good and well there ain't nothing goBod going on up tEhere
DThere's probably ten or more of them sittin' all Aaround D
ASmokin' that stuff and dErinkin' that hard liquor Adown
I've been living in this Acity D since the day I was bAorn
I've seen good times come and go and I've sBeen bad times dragE on
DI've seen white and black folks alike get tAreated just likeD sin
AAnd every year or so I see a Enew truck load of Dwhite trash movin' Ain
DWhen I was sixteen I had a little Atrouble with the law
He said "Boy come here" I said "Boy yourself
I aBin't done nothing wronEg"
DHe grabbed me by the arm and He wAent upside my Dhead
NobAody saw nothing
But I gEot a little spot where my Dhair ain't grown back Ayet
I used to have me a woman and a pretty fine home
But it took so much to keep them both going I was always out and gone
I came home one afternoon to get me change of clothes
Caught a quick walkin' slick talkin' guitar picker
Headin' out my back door
Now I'm proud to say I ain't never been no violent man
But I'd sure be rotting in jail today if I'd had me a gun in my hand
I went inside threw her clothes on the floor and laid a suitcase across the bed
Not a word got spoke not a lick got throwed
And my woman ain't come back yet
Now I live in this building with the punks and the freaks
And I don't do much of nothing except go to work, come home, and drink
So guitar man you done picked the wrong damn place to stay
I'm a feeble old man
You're a young smart-ass
And there's a law-man on his way