Subdivision Blues

[Verse 1:]
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

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I got the mean old subdivision blues

[Verse 2:]
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 boxer 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

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[Verse 3:]
But I bought my house because it was located near a school
Now a bus comes by and takes my kids to Istanbul
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 and 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

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[Verse 4:]
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

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[Verse 5:]
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 and 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
Yeah, it's hell to have the subdivision blues

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Got those mean old subdivision blues