Tight Time Blues - Leroy Carr

Times is done got so tight: so I’m going to rob and steal

It’s done got so tight: a man can’t get a decent meal

I ain’t got no shoes: and I ain’t got no clothes

The house rent man: has done put my things outdoors

It was thundering out and lightning: oh Lord how it did rain

But somehow: I’m going to get even with that house rent man

I’ve done got evil: and I’ve done got mean

And when I start to stealing: I’m going to pick the rounders clean