Tom T. Hall - Subdivision Blues lyrics

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 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

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


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

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

Got those mean old subdivision blues