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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 07:56 PM
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I'm pouring. Who's up for One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer?
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer

George Thorogood And The Destroyers

Wanna tell you a story
About the house-man blues
I come home one Friday
Had to tell the landlady I'da lost my job
She said that don't confront me
Long as I get my money next Friday
Now next Friday come I didn't get the rent
And out the door I went

So I goes to the landlady
I said you let me slide?
I'll have the rent for you in a month
Next I don't know
So said let me slide it on you know people
I notice when I come home in the evening
She ain't got nothing nice to say to me
But for five year she was so nice
Loh' she was lovy-dovy
I come home one particular evening
The landlady said you got the rent money yet?
I said no, can't find no job
Therefore I ain't got no money to pay the rent
She said I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job
Said I seen you today you was standin' on a corner
Leaning up against a post
I said but I'm tired, I've been walkin' all day
She said that don't confront me
Long as I get my money next Friday
Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent
And out the door I went

So I go down the streets
Down to my good friend's house
I said look man I'm outdoors you know
Can I stay with you maybe a couple days?
He said let me go and ask my wife
He come out of the house
I could see it in his face
I know that was no
He said I don't know man ah she kinda funny, you know
I said I know, everybody funny, now you funny too
So I go back home
I tell the landlady I got a job, I'm gonna pay the rent
She said yeah? I said oh yeah
And then she was so nice
Loh' she was lovy-dovy
So I go in my room, pack up my things and I go
I slip on out the back door and down the streets I go
She a-howlin' about the front rent, she'll be lucky to get any back rent
She ain't gonna get none of it
So I stop in the local bar you know people
I go to the bar, I ring my coat, I call the bartender
Said look man, come down here, he got down there
So what you want?



One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when
I've been drinking bourbon, whiskey, scotch and gin
Gonna get high man I'm gonna get loose
Need me a triple shot of that juice
Gonna get drunk don't you have no fear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

But I'm sitting now at the bar
I'm getting drunk, I'm feelin' mellow
I'm drinkin' bourbon, I'm drinkin' scotch, I'm drinkin' beer
Looked down the bar, here come the bartender
I said look man, come down here
So what you want?

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No I ain't seen my baby since the night before last
Gotta get a drink man I'm gonna get gassed
Gonna get high man I ain't had enough
Need me a triple shot of that stuff
Gonna get drunk won't you listen right here
I want one bourbon, one shot and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

Now by this time I'm plenty high
You know when your mouth a-getting dry you're plenty high
Looked down the bar I say to my bartender
I said look man, come down here, he got down there
So what you want this time?
I said look man, a-what time is it?
He said the clock on the wall say three o'clock
Last call for alcohol, so what you need?

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No I ain't seen my baby since a nigh' and a week
Gotta get drunk man till I can't even speak
Gonna get high man listen to me
One drink ain't enough Jack you better make it three
I wanna get drunk I'm gonna make it real clear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 07:57 PM
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1. George was my neighbor!
I swear!
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:01 PM
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2. Good neighbor or bad neighbor?
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:09 PM
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5. Mmmmmh - He's a nice guy. Sometimes, he would play in this
bar called the Deer Park unannounced - that was pretty cool. I moved away from him at a fairly young age. Then one time, he saw me in a bar and tried to hit on me - I pretended I didn't know who he was. :P
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:50 PM
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14. OMG, you're kidding... I swear, I was humming "I drink alone" this AM!!
:hi:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:54 PM
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16. No - CLW - I'm not kidding!
Read my next post, too! :)

How the fuck are you, dear?
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:55 PM
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17. Good, been wrapped up playing poker with my son.
We did well.

And how the fuck are you?
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 09:05 PM
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18. Never better. darling - thanks for asking!
:hi:
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Missy Vixen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 10:00 PM
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21. I love George
My favorite Thorogood effort: "If You Don't Start Drinkin', I'm Gonna Leave".

Julie
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Political_Junkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:03 PM
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3. Over here, bartender!
:hi:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:05 PM
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4.  Enjoy! Please come back for more.
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vinnievin777 Donating Member (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:10 PM
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6. Ok
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:13 PM
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7. Can I call you Vinnie? Drink up, in any order you want.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:13 PM
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8. Can I call you Vinnie? Drink up, in any order you want.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:19 PM
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9. Stupid sticking "post message" button!!!!!!
Sorry...
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vinnievin777 Donating Member (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-04 12:02 AM
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22. It's cool
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:21 PM
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10. And John Lee Hooker will be bellying up to the bar
and thanking George Thorogood for keeping his tunes alive. Boom Boom Boom Boom
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:32 PM
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11. Honored to have JLH at my bar.
A special pour for my buddy. And I don't mean Jennifer Love Hewitt, either, dammit.
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leans2left Donating Member (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:33 PM
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12. Great music.
And a good combo.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:34 PM
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13. A hearty Welcome to DU for you, to go with your drinks.
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leans2left Donating Member (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:51 PM
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15. Thanks
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 09:38 PM
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19. Anyone else? Plenty 'o free liquor to go 'round...
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 09:43 PM
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20. There's also the Amos Milburn tune
A great jump blues tune which I believe predates the John Lee Hooker one:

One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
(Amos Milburn)

1:
One Scotch, one Bourbon, one beer
One Scotch, one Bourbon, one beer
Please mister bartender, listen here
Don't want no trouble, so don't you have no fear
One Scotch, one Bourbon, one beer

2:
Now my baby started home this week
Can't find her and she can't find me
I'm gonna get drunk about half past three
Nobody but my bourbon and me
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