Subdivision Blues Lyrics

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Subdivision Blues Lyrics

by Tom T. Hall

Out on the edge of town I bought a two room brick

Moved in as soon as I got the plumbin' all fixed

Making them payments worked my fingers to the bone

Anything I had to do to get myself a home

There was water in the basement it looked like a swimming pool

The man said son that water'll help to keep your cottage cool

The Welcome Wagon brought me out some sleepin' pills and booze

I got the mean old subdivision blues

Somebody came and knocked my fence down just the other day

Tore up my yard and hauled my lawnmower away

Shot out my windows with the BB gun

A buggsy down the street came by and beat up my son

So I went out and bought myself a big old German dog

The man behind me saw me and he started raisin' hogs

A nineteen year old girl next door is sunnin' in the nude

I got those mean old subdivision blues

But I bought my house because it was located near a school

Now a bus comes by and takes my kids to Istambul

The guy next door just bought his son a brand new saxophone

The man behind me sued him cause his hogs were leavin' home

My buddy left his wife now he's livin' in a tent

A hippie sued me cause I did not have a room to rent

They built a trailer park before I had a chance to move

I got them mean old subdivision blues

[ harmonica ]

Well I moved out in the country just as far as I could go

I couldn't even get the Grand Ole Opry on the radio

I guess you know what happened just as soon as I moved in

The man across the valley started clearin' off this land

The law came out and said that I would have to move my barn

They said the man next door was gonna subdivide his farm

They auctioned off my farm to build the state another school

I got the mean old subdivision blues

Well other night I dreamed I died and I went right straight to hell

I don't know what I did but you know you can never tell

They handed me a key and handed me a little map

They said you got a place to live we'll show you where it's at

They took me to a two room brick just on the edge of town

With thirty thousand other little houses falling down

A million years to pay it off with payments overdue

It's hell to have the subdivision blues got those mean old subdivision blues