This is one of those newfangled "country" songs with a raucous beat that sounds like what head-banging rock 'n' roll used to sound like.


I'VE BEEN THROWN OUT (OF BETTER PLACES THAN THIS)
As recorded by Chas Collins on "That's What She Said" (2017)

1. Bartender woke me up and said: "Last call."
Right then and there it started it all.
I took a little time to finish my drink.
I had too many beers and fell off the seat.
The bartender grabbed me up and threw me out.
Standing on the street I started to shout:

CHORUS: I've been thrown out of better places than this.
Joe's Bar and Grill had to put me on the list.
Uptown, downtown, Taj Mahal,
Believe me when I tell you they done it all.
I've been thrown out of better places than this.

2. Driving all day, time to call it quits,
Sporting Levi's jeans and checking into the Ritz:
"I'm sorry, sir; we got no room for you,
'Specially with that redneck attitude."
They grabbed my bags and threw 'em out to the curb.
That's when I told them something they'd never heard:

CHORUS: I've been thrown out of better places than this.
Yeah, the Trump Hotel had to put me on the list.
Uptown, downtown, Taj Mahal,
Believe me when I tell you they done it all.
I've been thrown out of better places than this.

My girl's making me sleep outside
'Cause I didn't come home last night.
I tell you, girl, that'll be alright.

CHORUS: 'Cause I've been thrown out of better places than this.
You see, my ex-wife has got a house much bigger than this.
Yeah, kicked out, runned out, called the law,
Believe me when I tell you she's done it all.
I've been thrown out of better places than this.

Yeah, girl, I've been thrown out of better places than this.

SPOKEN: Yeah, I'll just take it on down the road.