Carson Robison's MGM records single, "LIFE GETS TEEJUS DON'T IT?" Entered the country music charts August 14th, 1948 and peaked at number three.

It was his second charted song and was on the charts for 28 weeks. It also scored a no. 14 on the pop music charts.


LIFE GETS TEEJUS DON'T IT? [Version from Rose's website]
Carson Robison

[1] The sun comes up. [4] The sun goes down.

[5] Hands on the clock keep [1] goin' around.

[1] I just get up and it's [4] time to lay down.

[5] Life gets teejus [1] don't it?


My shoe's untied, but I don't care.
I ain't figurin' on goin' nowhere.
I'd have to wash and comb my hair.
That's just wasted effort.

Water in the well gettin' lower and lower.
Can't take a bath for six month's more,
But I've heard it said, and it's true, I'm sure,
That too much bathin' will weaken you.

I open the door and the flies swarm in.
I shut the door and I'm sweatin' again,
And in the process, I've cracked my shin,
Just one dern thing after another.

Old brown mule, he must be sick.
I jabbed him in the rump with a pin on a stick.
He humped his back, but he wouldn't kick.
There's something cockeyed somewhere.

A mouse chawin' on the pantry door,
He's been at it for a month or more.
When he gets through, he'll sure be sore,
'Cause there ain't a dern thing in there.

Hound dog howlin' so forlorn,
Laziest dog that ever was born.
He's howling 'cause he's settin' on a thorn,
Just too tired to move over.

The tin roof leaks and the chimney leans,
And there's a hole in the seat of my old blue jeans,
And I've et the last of the pork 'n' beans.
Just can't depend on nothin'.

Cows gone dry and the hens won't lay.
Fish quit bitin' last Saturday.
Trouble's pilin' up day by day,
And now I'm gettin' dandruff.

Grief and misery, pains and woes,
And debts and taxes, so it goes,
And I think I'm gettin' a cold in the nose.
Life gets tasteless, don't it?