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 PColice, FI hear something upstCairs
I know good and well there ain't nothing goDod going on up tGhere
FThere's probably ten or more of them sittin' all Caround F
CSmokin' that stuff and dGrinkin' that hard liquor Cdown
I've been living in this Ccity F since the day I was bCorn
I've seen good times come and go and I've sDeen bad times dragG on
FI've seen white and black folks alike get tCreated just likeF sin
CAnd every year or so I see a Gnew truck load of Fwhite trash movin' Cin
FWhen I was sixteen I had a little Ctrouble with the law
He said "Boy come here" I said "Boy yourself
I aDin't done nothing wronGg"
FHe grabbed me by the arm and He wCent upside my Fhead
NobCody saw nothing
But I gGot a little spot where my Fhair ain't grown back Cyet
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