Subdivision Blues Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

Out on the edge of town I bought a two room brick 

Moved in as soon as I got the plumbin' all fixed 

Making them payments worked my fingers to the bone 

Anything I had to do to get myself a home 

There was water in the basement it looked like a swimming pool 

The man said son that water'll help to keep your cottage cool 

The Welcome Wagon brought me out some sleepin' pills and booze 

I got the mean old subdivision blues 

Somebody came and knocked my fence down just the other day 

Tore up my yard and hauled my lawnmower away 

Shot out my windows with the BB gun 

A buggsy down the street came by and beat up my son 

So I went out and bought myself a big old German dog 

The man behind me saw me and he started raisin' hogs 

A nineteen year old girl next door is sunnin' in the nude 

I got those mean old subdivision blues 

But I bought my house because it was located near a school 

Now a bus comes by and takes my kids to Istambul 

The guy next door just bought his son a brand new saxophone 

The man behind me sued him cause his hogs were leavin' home 

My buddy left his wife now he's livin' in a tent 

A hippie sued me cause I did not have a room to rent 

They built a trailer park before I had a chance to move 

I got them mean old subdivision blues 

[ harmonica ] 

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Well I moved out in the country just as far as I could go 

I couldn't even get the Grand Ole Opry on the radio 

I guess you know what happened just as soon as I moved in 

The man across the valley started clearin' off this land 

The law came out and said that I would have to move my barn 

They said the man next door was gonna subdivide his farm 

They auctioned off my farm to build the state another school 

I got the mean old subdivision blues 

Well other night I dreamed I died and I went right straight to hell 

I don't know what I did but you know you can never tell 

They handed me a key and handed me a little map 

They said you got a place to live we'll show you where it's at 

They took me to a two room brick just on the edge of town 

With thirty thousand other little houses falling down 

A million years to pay it off with payments overdue 

It's hell to have the subdivision blues got those mean old subdivision blues 

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