2.99¢ Blues

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Oh-ah Somewhere, far away Where I roam There live my buffalo twin In our twin buffalo home sweet home He take good care of my native son And he call me by my native name And he, he even lets us drink spring water on Sundays [Chorus] Hey, two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a gallon Two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a gallon [Verse 2] And somewhere further down the road Where I also roam There live my caterpillar cousin Beneath a fancy engraved tomb head stone In the middle of a southern town Beneath a cemetery burial plot And he, he don't pay rent no more, no more But he sure likes the spot, sure likes the spot Oh, he sure likes the spot, sure likes the spot Oh, he sure likes the spot, sure likes the spot Oh, dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun [Verse 3] But in the furthest place I've ever known Where even I so rarely roam There lives a boy who just come back from war His flesh was wounded but he made it back home His mother calls him by his given name And the neighbors whisper how he prefers to be alone And he gets, he gets nightmares about boys dripping blood [Chorus] Sold for two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a gallon Come on, just two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a gallon Pay up yours, two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a ga-ga-ga-gallon Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga, ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga, ga-ga-ga-gallon [Bridge] But when I get me all real tired And I got no more strength to roam I catch me a horse driven carriage ride From a local man named Ethan Frome He don't say much as he tips his hat And he carries his body as heavy as lead And he could have been flying through the snow on his sled But the wife was in bed and the horses had to be fed [Chorus] Besides it's two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a story Come on, just two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a story Pay up yours, two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a story Come on, baby, two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a story Come on, yeah it's two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine Two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine, now, ah, ah Two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine Two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine Oh two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a story Pay up yours, two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a story Pay up, it's just two ninety-nine, two ninety-nine a story Your money's just two ninety-nine Two ninety-nine, a-nine-nine, a-nine-nine, no, no, no, no A gallon