Rent Man Is Knocking

Verse 1

Empty

Pocket full of lint

Cold wind howling down South State

I got holes in my Sunday shoes

Walking

Past the slaughterhouse gate

Looking for work that ain't there

Chorus

Oh the rent man is knocking

Yeah the rent man is knocking

He's knocking on my door

He's knocking on my door

Lord I can't take it no more

No I can't take it no more

Verse 2

Stove pipe

Rusty and rattling

Ice on the inside of the glass

Hunger

Biting like a stray dog

Watching all the lucky folks pass

Moving

Slow

Living on a prayer and a dime

Lord it's a bitter time

Chorus

Oh the rent man is knocking

Yeah the rent man is knocking

He's knocking on my door

He's knocking on my door

Lord I can't take it no more

No I can't take it no more

Bridge

I told him Monday

I told him Tuesday

I told him Wednesday

But the money never came

No the money never came

Just the rain

Just the shame

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

Cardboard

Patching up the floor

Landlord's shadow on the porch

Waiting

Hiding in the kitchen

Burning like a low-down torch

Hard luck

Bad luck

No luck at all

Chorus

Oh the rent man is knocking

Yeah the rent man is knocking

He's knocking on my door

He's knocking on my door

Lord I can't take it no more

No I can't take it no more

Outro

Keep on knocking

Keep on knocking

I ain't home

No I ain't home

Leave me alone

Just leave me alone