Tight Time Blues

Leroy Carr

Times is done got so tight : so I'm going to rob and steal
It's done got so tight : a man can't get a decent meal

I ain't got no shoes : and I ain't got no clothes
The house rent man : has done put my things outdoors

It was thundering out and lightning : oh Lord how it did rain
But somehow : I'm going to get even with that house rent man

I've done got evil : and I've done got mean
And when I start to stealing : I'm going to pick the rounders clean