The Troubadour - Streetlight Manifesto

Track 10 off of 99 Songs of Revolution, Volume I. Streetlight Manifesto's cover of The Troubadour by Louis Jordan.

Special thanks to ShannanigansTM for the lyrics.

Lyrics:

This is a morbid story 'bout a fellow that had to die
He had a beautiful wife but he also had a rovin' eye.

She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside for all the unfaithful husbands to see

Come let me tell you the story
Of little Willie, the Troubadour
And just how it happened to pass, my friend
Little Willie won't sing no more
(You know why?)

She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside for all the unfaithful husbands to see

Willie was handsome as he could be
He met a gal in society
Then Willie was cursed with a rovin' eye
And never let a pretty chick pass by

So he bought himself a Convertible Bird,
To ride the fine chicks around
He found out he was being followed
So he could never let the top down
(Know what happened to him?)

She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside for all the unfaithful husbands to see

If he drove a girl to a drive-in
He'd have to go after dark
He knew he always had to hide
So he'd wind up sitting in the park

She caught him down by the water
Loving the fisherman's daughter
She pulled her little pistol from right out of the air
And shot poor Willie right then and there

She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside for all the unfaithful husbands to see

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[imnotmitchturino]

Does anybody else hear Mike Brown at 1:30 shout in a ghetto voice: "Ah nah he din't!"

Best part of the song.

[TheGreatthenate]

golly, these dudes are freakin BRILLIANT musicians!!!

[VraiDave]

@clairelovesrock223 the devil for hell?

[clairelovesrock223]

Theres the dog peeing on the floor (linoleum) the girl in the window (punk rock girl) the birds (birds flying away) wilies gravestone (this song) the red sun (red rubber ball) ahahha creative,,, theres probably more that im missing...

[clairelovesrock223]

@dizzy9087 i was wondering if i was the only one that noticed that xD

[gregvok]

oooooooooouuuuhhhhhhhh. orgasm. every time that trumpet hits me

[dizzy9087]

i loveee how the picture has something to do with every song. "The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball" haha

[Allcommentsappreciat]

@imnotmitchturino It's hard to tell, It's too soft

[imnotmitchturino]

@Allcommentsappreciat It's possible, but it sounds like Mike to me.

[Allcommentsappreciat]

@imnotmitchturino I think that was the trumpeter.

[britpunkinpickle]

This song is heavenly. My favourite from the quite brilliant album (minus 'Hurt')