The Bastard Landlord
The Pogues

Oh Lord won't you tell me, I'm sure I don't know
Who makes the plans that change our lives so
From a place in the country so peaceful and calm
We moved up to London as the bombs fell around
To a house by the river where the rent it was cheap
The landlord he told us, It's yours to keep
For regular payment week after week
You'll always have a roof under which you can sleep
The years past by, the war came to an end
We lived out our lives, did nothing to offend
But the landlord's conditions yearly they grew
With the size of his gut and his housing values
He'd kneel on a Sunday and pray to the Lord
For the deals of love his world cannot afford
When the bastard he came around to put up our rent
We swallowed our pride and we smiled our best
Bricks and mortar, kingdom of stone
Where do you go when you're all alone?
They'll carve your name where you lie
And I for one no tears will cry
Greed knows no boundaries, greed doesn't feel
I'm damned if I'll die for a profiting deal
The woman next door, she just passed away
Because the rent got so high that she just couldn't pay
And there in the bed she closed up her eyes
The last time she gazed on this world of lies
With nowhere to go and nothing to say
She went to the next world, and the bastard he smiled
Bricks and mortar, kingdom of stone
Where do you go when you're all alone?
They'll carve your name where you lie
And I for one no tears will cry
Oh Lord won't you tell me, I'm sure I don't know
What makes some people so callous and cold
I've lived in this house for forty-four years
My children were born here, it's here I'll grow old
A curse on you bastard landlord, be damned
Who needs one more house like a beach needs more sand
I'll stay here until I'm done, only nobody knows
How God can let one man treat others so


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  5 Green Queens And Jean   A Pair of Brown Eyes   A Pair of Brown Eyes [Live]   A Pair of Brown Eyes [Live][*]   A Pistol For Paddy Garcia   A Pistol for Paddy Garcia [Instrumental]   Amadie   Bastard Landlord   Battle of Brisbane   Battle of Brisbane   Battle of Brisbane [DVD]   Blue Heaven   Boat Train   Boat Train [Demo Recording][#]   Body of an American [*]   Bright Lights   Call My Name   Dark Streets Of London   Dark Streets of London [Demo Recording][#]   Dirty Old Town   Dirty Old Town [DVD]   Dirty Old Town [Live]   Down All The Days   Drunken Boat   Everyman Is A King   Fairytale Of New York   Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]   Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]   Fairytale of New York [Live][*]   Fiesta   Gartloney Rats   Greenland Whale Fisheries   Greenland Whale Fisheries [Demo Recording][#]   Gridlock   Gridlock [Instrumental]   Haunted   Haunted [From Sid and Nancy]   Honky Tonk Woman   Honky Tonk Women   House Of The Gods   How Come   If I Should Fall from Grace with God [BBC Janice L...   If I Should Fall from Grace With God [Stereo]   Japan (Pharoah Sanders cover)   Jesse James   Kitty [Demo Recording][#]   Living In A World Without Her   Living in a World Without Her [Demo Recording][#]   London Girl [*]   Lullaby Of London   Maidrin Rua   Metropolis   Metropolis [Instrumental]   Misty Morning, Albert Bridge   Modern World   Mountain Dew   Night Train To Lorca   NW3   Once Upon A Time   Oretown   Paris   Paris St. Germain   Paris St. Germaine   Planxty Noel Hill   Pont Mirabeau   Poor Paddy   Rain Street   Rainbow Man   Rainy Night in Soho   Rainy night in soho   Rainy Night in Soho [*]   Rake at the Gates of Hell   Repeal of the Licensing Laws   Repeal of the Licensing Laws [*]   Repeal of the Licensing Laws [Demo Recording][#]   Sally Maclennane [BBC John Peel Show]   Sayonara   Sitting On Top Of The World   Sketches of Spain   Smell Of Petroleum   South Australia   South Australia [*]   Star Of The County Down   Streams of Whiskey   Streams of Whiskey [Demo Recording]   Summer In Siam   Sunnyside of the Street   The Auld Triangle   The Battle March Medley   The Body of an American   The Body of an American   The Broad Majestic Shannon   The Curse of Love   The Ghost Of A Smile   The Irish Rover   The Irish Rover   The Irish Rover [*]   The Old Main Drag   The Old Main Drag [BBC Janice Long Show]   The Parting Glass   The Rake At The Gates Of Hell   The Rocky Road to Dublin   The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn   The Sickbed of Cuuhulainn   The Sunny Side Of The Street   The Sunnyside Of The Street   The Wake Of The Medusa   The Wake of the Medusa [Demo Recording][#]   The Wild Rover   Thousands Are Sailing   Tombstone   Tosspint   Train Of Love   Transmetropolitan   Transmetropolitan [Demo Recording][#]   Tuesday Morning   Tuesday Morning (from "Blown Away")   Tuesday Morning [Blown Away]   Tuesday Morning [Live]   Tuesday Morning [Live][*]   Turkish Song Of The Damned   Turkish Song of the Damned [BBC Janice Long Show]   USA   When The Ship Comes In   White City   Wild Cats Of Kilkenny   Wild Cats of Kilkenny [Instrumental]   Worms   Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah   Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah   Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

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