Open the Door, Richard

Open the door, Richard

Open the door and let me in

Open the door, Richard

Richard, why don't you open that door?

I met old Zeke standin' on the corner the other day

That cat sure was booted with liquid

He was what? He was abnoxicated

He was what? He was inebriated

He was what? Well, he was just plain drunk

Well, alright then

He sure was salty with the bartender

Bartender's tryna make him buy another drink

Zeke told the bartender, ain't no need of me buyin' no drinks

When everybody else is buyin' them

I'ma drink to everybody's health till I ruin my own

Open the door, Richard

Why, he don't know who he's throwin' outta that joint

Why, I'll go back in that joint and take a short stick

And bust it down to the ground

Open the door, Richard

But I hate to be caught out on the street like this

'Cause it makes you look so common

And I know I ain't common 'cause I got class I ain't never used yet

But I guess I better get on in the house

'Cause I don't want my pastor to catch me out like this

Hey, Richard, open the door

Now, look at that old woman across the street

Done stuck her head outta the window, callin' her sister

Look and her and her sister sayin', ain't that him, ain't that him?

Yes, it's me and I'm drunk again

Open the door, Richard

I know he's in there, 'cause I got on the clothes

They can't throw him out

'Cause I owe just as much back rent here as he does

Imagine that old woman chargin' us three dollars a month

And gettin' mad 'cause we twelve months in the arrears

Come meet me last Thursday sayin'

Ain't you boys gon' give me some back rent?

I told her she'd be lucky if she got some front rent

Open the door, Richard

Hey, Richard, open the door

'Cause I'm standin' here scratchin' in my pants

Pocket and standin' here gropin' in my coat pocket

And standin' here feelin' in my shirt pocket

And I can't find the key, hey, open the door, Richard

Open the door, Richard

Open the door and let me in

Open the door, Richard

Richard, why don't you open that door?

Open the door, Richard