Life gets tee-jus, don’t it ? (1948)
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1. The sun comes up and the sun goes down,
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the
hands on the clock keep goin' around.
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I just get up and it's time to
lay down,
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life
gets teejus, don’t it ?
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2. My shoe's untied, but, I
don't care,
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I ain't
figurin' on goin' nowhere.
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I'd have to wash and comb my
hair,
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an'
that's just wasted effort.
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3. Water in the well gettin' lower and lower,
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can't
take a bath for six months or more.
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But I've heard it said and
it's true, I'm sure,
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that
too much bathin' will weaken you.
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4. I open the door and the flies swarm in,
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I shut the door, I’m sweatin'
again.
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I move too fast and I crack my
shin,
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just
one durn thing after another.
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5. My ol'
brown mule, he must be sick,
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I jabbed him in the rump with
a pin on a stick.
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He humped his back, but he
wouldn't kick,
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there's
something cock-eyed somewhere.
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6. There’s mouse chawin' on the pantry door,
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he's
been at it for a month or more.
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When he gets through, he'll
sure be sore,
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'cause there ain't a durn thing in there.
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7. Hound dog's howlin', he so forlorn,
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the laziest
dog that ever was born.
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He's howlin'
'cause he's sittin' on a thorn,
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just
too tired to move over.
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8. The tin roof leaks and the
chimney leans,
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and
there's a hole in the seat of my old blue jeans.
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And I've get the last of them
pork an' beans,
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just
can't depend on nothin'.
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9. Cow's gone dry and the hens
won't lay,
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fish
quit bitin' last Saturday.
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Troubles, pile up day by day,
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and now I'm gettin' dandruff.
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10. Grief and misery, pains
and woes,
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debts
and taxes, so it goes.
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I think I'm gettin' a cold in my nose - - -
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life
gets tasteless, don't it ?
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Peter Lind
Hayes)