[Intro]
Wanna tell you a story
About the house-rent blues

[Verse 1]
I come home one Friday
Had to tell the landlady I done lost my job
She said, "That don't befront 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

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
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"

[Verse 5]
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

[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
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?"

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 8]
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?"
[Chorus]
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

[Bridge]
Yeah
Scratch my back, baby
Yeah

[Verse 9]
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?"

[Chorus]
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 beer