The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #56155   Message #877093
Posted By: Neighmond
28-Jan-03 - 07:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Family Overhead, The
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Family Overhead, The
I Wrote it. It's based on an old song from the thirties

"Moma tied a baloon on daddie's back-last time I seen 'em he was balling the jack...etc..."

The version youall have in your fine lyric library goes:

Johnny and Jainie had a falling out, Johnny ran Jane clean out of the house, Johnny don't allow no low down hangin' round.

and so forth



I really wanted my version to sound old-I wrote it as a present for a friend of mine who is a professional Landlord, for whom I worked briefly. I have 30 some verses to it, and it's a helluva hit at the drinking partied because it's easy to improvise verses as needed,

I. E.:

Tel ya boys, it's mean, just mean
The dish ain't made that'll keep itself clean....

Tell you one thing that money can't buy
Babes that'll keep themselves dry.....

You get the picture

Thanks for the comliment.

ChAZ