2.99 Cent Blues Songtext / Lyric

Mmmm-ahhh



Somewhere far away

Where I roam

There live my buffalo twin

In our twin buffalo home sweet home



He take good care of my native son

And he call me by my native name

And he, he even lets us drink spring water on Sundays

Hey, 2.99, 2.99 a gallon

2.99, 2.99 a gallon



And somewhere further down the road

Where I also roam

There live my caterpillar cousin

Beneath a fancy engraved tomb headstone






In the middle of a southern town

Beneath a cemetery burial plot

And he, he don't pay rent no more, no more

But he sure likes the, sure likes the spot

Oh, he sure likes, sure likes the spot

Oh, he sure likes the spot, sure likes the spo-aht

Dun-ah, ah, dun-ah, ah, dun-ah-dun-nah



But in the furthest place I've ever known

Where even I so rarely roam

There lives a boy who just come back from war

His flesh was wounded but he made it back home



His mother calls him by his given name

And the neighbors whisper how he prefers to be alone

And he gets, he gets nightmares about boys dripping blood sold for 2.99, 2.99 a gallon

Come on, just 2.99, 2.99 a gallon

Pay up, yeah!

2.99, 2.99, a gah-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh-guhhh-guh-guh-guuuh-guh-guh-guuuh-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah

Gah-gah-gah-gah-gahhhw



But when I get me all real tired

And I got no more strength to roam

I catch me a horse-driven carriage ride

From a local man named Ethan Frome



He don't say much as he tips his hat

And he carries his body as heavy as a lead

And he could have been still flying through the snow on his sled

But the wife was in bed and the horses had to be fed



Besides, it's 2.99, 2.99 a story

Come on, it's 2.99, 2.99 a story

Pay up, yo, it's 2.99, 2.99 a story

Come on, baby 2.99, 2.99 a story



Come on, y'alls

2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, nuh-99, ah, ah!

2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, nuh-99-na-na-na-na-na-nigh



Oh, 2.99, 2.99 a story

Pay up, y'alls 2.99, 2.99 a story

Pay up, it's just 2.99, 2.99 a story

Oh, but it's just 2.99

2.99-na-naa-na-naa-na-naa

Na-na-na-na-naa

A gallon