Henry Stewart & Michelle Rosenblum
Roll back the covers and strip off the sheets
Broom out the cobwebs and count out the weeks
Don’t put your hands on the peeling white paint
Just tell me what it is you believe that you need!
Don’t ask me to help you, don’t ask me to try
From what I can see you are doing just fine
Sneak up the alley and run down the street
Tryin’ to escape from all the things that you need
Used to be locked tight, now I am free
Once was a poor boy, now I eat sweets
Rats in the belfry and cats cry in heat
Don’t come to my house, if there’s nothing you need
Once was a beggar, twice was a thief
Hold on to your things, don’t dangle them free
I take what I want and I get what I need
Straight from the old dump across Easy Street
Buy what you don’t need and pay it no heed
Filled to the rafters, the plants taking seed
If you cut out the dry rot there won’t be a thing
But a hole in the back wall of whatever you need
Used to be locked tight, now I am free
Once was a poor boy, now I eat sweets
Rats in the belfry and cats cry in heat
Don’t come to my house, if there’s nothing you need