Subterranean Homesick Blues …Lyrics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subterranean Homesick Blues …Lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Title:Subterranean Homesick Blues …
Band:Red Hot Chili Peppers

Johnny’s in the basement mixing up the medicine

I’m on the pavement thinking about the government

The man in the trench coat, badge out, laid off,

Says he’s got a bad cough wants to get it paid off

God knows when but you’re doin’ it again

You better duck down the alleyway lookin’ for a new friend

The man in the coonskin cap by the big pen

Wants eleven dollar bills you only got ten

Look out, kid

Look out, kid, because it’s somethin’ that you did

Look out, kid, because they keep all hid

Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot

Talkin’ at the heat put plants in the bed but the phone’s tapped anyway, Maggie says that many say

They must bust in early may orders from the D.A. the double D.A

Walk on your tip toes, don’t try no doz

Better stay away from those that carry around a fire hose

Keep a clean nose, watch the plain clothes

You don’t need a weather man to know which way the wind blows look out, kid

Look out, kid, because it’s somethin’ that you did

Look out, kid, because they keep all hid, look out

Looks to me like you did a little to much hittin’ kid

You should’ve took it to the bridge before you started to skid

Look out, kid

The good god willin’, we’ll bebop to Bob Dylan

Chillin’em, thrillin’em, and red hot killin’em

Said killin’em

Come on, come on killin’em

Get sick, get well, hand around a ink well

Ring bell, hard to tell if anything is goin’ to sell

Try hard, get barred, get back, write braille

Get jailed, jump bail, join the army, if you fail

But users, cheaters, six time losers hand around the theaters

Girl by the whirlpool lookin’ for a new fool

Don’t follow leaders, watch the parkin’ meters

Look out, kid

Look out, kid, because it’s somethin’ that you did

Look out, kid, because they keep all hid

Look out, kid, because they keep all hid, look out