The Have Nots
by X

Album: Under The Big Black Sun (1982)
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  • From the album: see how we are
    Bar anything but
    The bottom step of the ladder
    It keeps getting
    Higher and higher
    Dawn comes soon enough
    For the working class
    It keeps getting
    Sooner or later
    This is the game
    That moves as you play
    How does it feel
    To have you own
    Bottle of booze hehind the bar
    How does it feel?
    To play cards
    With the barmaids
    While they work
    At Jacko's Rocketship
    And The One Eye Jack
    My Sin &
    The Lucky Star
    A steady place to study and drink
    Day old days ancient
    Bloody mary bastards
    In a hardcore
    Blue collar bar
    Here we sit -
    A shot and a beer
    After another hard earned day
    AT THE HI-D-HI
    & THE HULA GAL
    BEE-HIVE BAR AND
    THE ZIRCON LOUNGE
    G.G.'S COZY CORNER &
    THE GIFT OF LOVE
    STOP N' DRINK, SIT N' SIP, REST N' PIECES
    DEXTER'S NEW APPROACH
    & THE GET DOWN LOUNGE
    THE AORTA BAR, DETROIT'S MAIN VEIN
    Writer/s: CERVENKA, JOHN DOE
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • John from Los AngelesIf we were going to write this song based on bars that still exist in LA, I think we would include: Frolic Room, Alibi Room, Drawing Room, Chez Jay and King Eddy's.
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