Subterranean Homesick Blues Lyrics - The Lumineers

Johnny's in the basement 

Mixing up the medicine 

I'm on the pavement 

Thinking about the government 

The man in a trench coat 

Badge out, laid off 

Says he's got a bad cough 

Wants to get it paid off 

Look out, kid 

It's somethin' you did 

God knows when 

But you're doin' it again 

You better duck down the alley way 

Lookin' for a new friend 

A man in a coon-skin cap 

In a pig pen 

Wants eleven dollar bills 

You only got ten 

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Maggie comes fleet foot 

Face full of black soot 

Talkin' that 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 DA 

Look out, kid 

Don't matter what you did 

Walk on your tip toes 

Don't tie no bows 

Better stay away from those 

That carry around a fire hose 

Keep a clean nose 

Watch the plainclothes 

You don't need a weather man 

To know which way the wind blows 

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Ah, get sick, get well 

Hang around an ink well 

Hang now, hard to tell 

If anything is gonna sell 

Try hard, get barred 

Get back, write Braille 

Get jailed, jump bail 

Join the army, if you fail 

Look out kid 

You're gonna get hit 

By losers, cheaters 

Six-time users 

Hanging 'round the theaters 

Girl by the whirlpool is 

Lookin' for a new fool 

Don't follow leaders 

Watch the parkin' meters 

Ah, get born, keep warm 

Short pants, romance, learn to dance 

Get dressed, get blessed 

Try to be a success 

Please her, please him, buy gifts 

Don't steal, don't lift 

Twenty years of schoolin' 

And they put you on the day shift 

Look out kid 

They keep it all hid 

Jump down a manhole 

Light yourself a candle 

Don't wear sandals 

Try to avoid the scandals 

Don't wanna be a bum 

You better chew gum 

The pump don't work 

'Cause the vandals took the handles