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Words & Music by Michael Ogborn
Copyright 1983
Leydensong Music Co.
lyrics
THE TEDDY BEAR
THAT POPPA LOVES TO CODDLE,
IS THE TEDDY BEAR
THAT LIVES INSIDE THE WHISKEY BOTTLE,
WHEN THERE AIN'T NO GIN.
HE'D HIKES IT HOME NOW AND THEN,
DRUNK'N STINKIN',
FACE AGAINST THE WINDOW
TELLIN' MOMMA HE'S BEEN THINKIN',
BUT SHE NEVER LETS HIM IN.
NOW ALL US CHILDREN
AWAKE ENOUGH TO SEIZE,
ANOTHER LOOK AT POPPA SAY:
"MOMMA, LET'M IN PLEASE!"
THEN SHE'D SAY:
"CHILDREN, WHEN YOU'RE OLDER,
YOU'LL ALL UNDERSTAND"
THEN SHE’D CLOSE THE BLINDS
AND SAY TO US,
HER FOREHEAD IN HER HAND,
SHE SAID:
"YOUR OL' MAN'S LIVER
AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE!
IT AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.
WHEN HE USED TO BE MINE.
AND IF THE MAN CAN'T DELIVER
YOUR MOMMA NOTHIN' BUT BLUES,
YOU SEE, HE REALLY AIN'T NO USE TO ME,
WE'LL ALL GET ON FINE.
THE COAT I WEAR
BELONGED TO POPPA IN HIS HEY-DAY,
I SEE HIM MOOCHIN’ DRINKS
AROUND THE TAP ROOM EVERY PAY DAY.
SAYIN’ THAT HIS HANDS ARE NUMB.
WHEN I TOLD HIM MOMMA
HAD REMARRIED UNEXPECTED,
DESPERATELY PURSUING
THE SUPPORT SHE'D BEEN NEGLECTED,
HE SAID: "BARTENDER, POUR ME SOME RUM".
THEN HE SAID:
"SON, IT CAME TO PASS
JUST AS YOUR FATHER HAD FORESEEN IT,
YOUR MA SAID SHE DIDN'T LOVE ME,
BUT LORD, HOW COULD SHE MEAN IT?
FROM THAT DAY I HEARD THE OCEAN
FROM INSIDE OF A SHELL,
ON A SHIP THAT'S INSIDE OF A BOTTLE,
THAT'S SAILIN' TOWARDS HELL!
NO, YOUR OL' MAN'S LIVER
AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE!
IT AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE,
WHEN SHE USED TO BE MINE.
BUT IF THE MAN CAN'T DELIVER
THE WOMAN NOTHIN' BUT BLUES,
YOU SEE, HE REALLY AIN'T NO USE
YOU SEE, DON'T PAY HIM NO MIND,
HE'LL DRINK HIMSELF BLIND,
AND GET ALONG FINE.
credits
released October 28, 2020
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Cambridge Sound Studios.
Philadelphia PA
Engineer: Todd Mecaughey
Piano, Vocal: Michael Ogborn
Back Up Vocals: Ricky Paul
Drums: Todd Mecaughey
Words & Music by Michael Ogborn
(c) 1983
Leydensong Music Co.
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