Subterranean Homesick Blues
Harry Nilsson

Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try No Doz
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' 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
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
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
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles


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Lyrics by Harry Nilsson

  (Put The Lime In The)   (Put The Lime In The) Coconut   1941   A Thousand Miles Away   Ain't It Kinda Wonderful   All I Think About Is You   All My Life   Always   Ambush   Are You Sleeping?   As I Wander Lonely   As Time Go By   As Time Goes By   At My Front Door   Bath   Ben (Oil, Scars And Asphalt)   Best Move   Black Sails   Blanket For A Sail   Campo de Encino [#][*]   Caroline   Cheek To Cheek   City Life   Coconut   Coconut [*]   Cowboy   Cuddly Toy   Daddy's Song   Daddy's Song   Daybreak   Daylight Has Caught Me   Dayton, Ohio 1903   Don't Forget Me   Don't Leave Me   Don't Forget Me   Down   Down [*]   Down By The Sea   Down To The Valley   Down To The Valley (Version With Extended Tag)   Driving Along   Early In The Morning   Easier For Me   Easier For Me (1994 Remastered)   Everybody Is Talking At Me   Everybody's Talkin   Everybody's Talkin'   Everybody's talking   Everybody's Talkin'   Everything's Got 'Em   Fairfax Rag   Flying Saucer Song   For Me And My Gal   Freckles   Girlfriend - Previously Unreleased   Goin' Down   Good For God   Good Old Desk   Gotta Get Up   Gotta Get Up [*]   Gotta Get Up [#][*][Version]   Home   How Can I Be Sure   How Can I Be Sure Of You   How Can I Be Sure of You [#][*]   How Long Can Disco On   How To Write A Song   I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City   I Need You   I Said Goodbye To Me   I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now   I'd Rather Be Dead   I'll Be Home   I'll Never Leave   I'll Never Leave You   I'll Take A Tango   I'm Always Chasing Rainbows   I've Got It   I'd Rather Be Dead   I'll Never Leave You   I'm Always Chasing Rainbows   In Time   It Had To Be You   It Had to Be Youersion]ersion]   It's Been So Long   It's Only A Paper Moon   It's Only A Paper Moon   Ivy Covered Walls   Jesus Christ You're Tall   Jesus Christ You’re Tall   Joy   Joy [Demo - Piano Version] [Demo Version: Piano][#...   Jump Into The Fire   Jump into the Fire [*]   Kojak Columbo   Laughin' Man   Lazy Moon   Lean On Me   Let The Good Times Roll   Life Line   Little Cowboy   Living Without You   Loop De Loop   Love Story   Lullaby In Ragtime   Make Believe   Make Believe [*]   Makin' Whoopee   Makin' Whoopee!   Makin' Whoopee   Many Rivers To Cross   Marchin' Down Broadway   Maybe   Me And My Arrow   Miss Butler's Lament   Miss Butter's Lament   Miss Butter's Lament   Moonshine Bandit   Mournin' Glory Story   Mr. Bojangles   Mr. Richland's Favorite Song   Mr. Tinker   Mucho Mungo / Mt. Elga   My Brain's Down   Nevertheless   Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)   Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)   Nobody Cares About The Railroad Anymore   Nobody Cares About The Railroads Anymore   Oblio's Return   Old Bones   Old Dirt Road   Old Forgotten Soldier   One   One (Is The Loneliest Number)   Open Your Window   Over The Rainbow   P.O.V. Waltz   Perfect Day   Poli High   Pov Waltz   Puget Sound   Put The Lime In The Coconut   Rain   Rainmaker   Remember   Remember (Christmas)   Remember Christmas   River Deep - Mountain High   River Deep-Mountain High   Rock Around The Clock   Sail Away   Salmon Falls   Save The Last Dance For Me   She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune   She Sits Down On Me   She's Leaving Home   Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear   Sister Marie   Sixteen Tons   Sleep Late, My Lady Friend   Snow   So Long, Dad   So You Think You've Got Troubles   Something True   Spaceman   Sweet Surrender   Take 54   Take 54 [Alternate Take][*][Take]   Take 54 [Alternate Take][#][*]   Ten Little Indians   Thanks For The Memory   That Is All   The Beehive State   The Birds   The Clearing In The Woods   The Flying Saucer Song   The Ivy Covered Walls   The Lottery Song   The Moonbeam Song   The Moonbeam Song [*]   The Moonbeam Song [#][*][Version]   The Most Beautiful World In The World   The Puppy Song   The Wailing Of The Willow   There Will Never Be   Think About Your Troubles   This Is All I Ask   Thursday Or, Here's Why I Did Not Go To Work Today   Together   Trust In Me   Trust in Me [*]   Turn On Your Radio   Turn Out The Light   Vine St.   Waiting   What'll I Do   What'll I Do?   What's Your Sign?   Who Done It?   Will She Miss Me   Without Her   Without You   Without You [*][Demo Version]   Yellow Man   You Can't Do That   You Made Me Love You   You're Breakin' My Heart   You're Breaking My Heart   You're Breaking My Heart   Zombie Jamboree (Back To Back)

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