Tenement Funster (BBC Session, October 1974) Songtext / Lyric

My new purple shoes

Bin amazin' the people next door

And my rock'n'roll forty fives

Bin enragin' the folks on the lower floor



I got a way with the girls on my block

Try my best to be a real individual

And when we go down to smokies and rock

They line up like it's some kind of ritual






Oh give me a good guitar

And you can say that my hair's a disgrace

Or just find me an open car

I'll make the speed of light outa this place



I like the good things in life

But most of the best things ain't free

It's the same situation just cuts like a knife

When you're young and you're poor and you're crazy

Young and you're crazy...



Oh give me a good guitar

And you can say that my hair's a disgrace

Or just find me an open car

I'll make the speed of light outa this place.