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"Short A Couple A' Bob" (Steve Twigger)
From "How Are We Getting Home?" (2004)
Tune to DADGAD.
[Intro]:
[verse]:
Well, I'd say I'm in a pickle,
me cashflow doesn't trickle,
there's nothing in my pocket except lint.
There's no bread for me butter,
me best friend is the gutter.
Do ye get the bloody pictures boys, I'm skint!
[chorus]:
I'm short a couple'a bob,
since I started on the grog,
I've seen better days for sure.
I'm short a couple'a bob,
me head it's all a throb,
I've seen better days for sure.
[verse]:
I spend me mornin' clippin' coupons,
since I got me scoop on,
the churchmouse is a rich man and I'm not.
But I ain't a down-and-out, see,
the train just left without me.
I don't own a smidgen or a jot!
[chorus]:
I'm short a couple'a bob,
since I lost me job.
I've seen better days for sure,
I'm short a couple'a bob,
and I've run out of stuff to flog,
I've seen better days for sure.
here we go!
[break]:
[verse]:
Well, the pot that I would piss in,
It's temporarily missin',
I'm not a pauper I'm just poor.
And I'm really not that miserable,
though me lack of funds is considerable,
The wolf is selling crackers at the door.
[chorus]:
I'm short a couple'a bob,
I eat my chips without the cod,
I've seen better days for sure.
I'm short a couple'a bob,
there's no corn on me cob.
I've seen better days for sure.
[verse]:
Well, that silver spoon of mine,
got stuck where the sun don't shine.
My fortune went away and doesn't call.
I've really fallen on hard times,
and I've just run out of rhymes,
so I better finish quickly while I can...
still...finish.
[chorus]:
short a couple'a bob, there's no bricks in me hod,
I've seen better days for sure.
I'm short a couple'a bob,
I'm not the man you want to rob.
I've seen better days for sure.
I've seen better days for sure.
I've seen better days for sure.
[outro]: