Yonder come my landlord collecting his rentnWith his greedy yellow eyes and his tongue all bentnWith his padlocked pockets and his badluck nosenComes sniffin' round my doorway and goin' through my clothesnnOh how could you treat me so coldnGot a mortgage on my body and a lien on my soulnnI got a crackpot house with a two way roofnMy neighbours are thieves but I got no proofnYou like to take but you don't want to givenI've got to pay you rent just to have a place to livennAh but hey you landlord I know you wellnYou run a rock'n roll' tavern and a fancy hotelnYou misuse a lot of people that you got at your commandnI'll put on a pair of gloves 'fore I shake your handnnYou're gonna wake up in the helpless dawnnAnd look around and find that your land is all gonenYou wanna be cold just as cold as you pleasenWill come next winter, you're gonna freeze