George Thorogood One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer Lyrics

One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer Lyrics

Wanna tell you a story,
about the house-man blues
I come home one
Friday,
had to tell the landlady I'd-a 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
tomorrow.
the next day 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 "Uh,
Let me go and ask my wife"
He come out of the house,
I could see 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-hollerin' 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 wanna get drunk I'm gonna make it real clear,
I
want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer