Subterranean Homesick Blues Lyrics

Ben Sidran

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goinÂ' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
YouÂ're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
LookinÂ' for a new fool
DonÂ't follow leaders
Watch the parkinÂ' meters.

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
DonÂ't steal, donÂ't lift
Twenty years of schoolinÂ'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
DonÂ't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
DonÂ't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump donÂ't work
Â'Cause the vandals took the handles.