Tenement Funster

My new purple shoes

Been amazing the people next door

And my rock and roll 45's

Been enraging the folks on the lower floor

I've got a way with the girls on my block

Try my best, be a real individual

And when we go down to Smokies and rock

They line up like it's some kind of ritual

Ooh, give me a good guitar

And you can say that my hair's a disgrace

Or just find me an open car

I'll make the speed of light outta this place

Mmm, I like the good things in life

But most of the best things ain't free

So the same situation just cuts like a knife

When you're young and you're poor and you're crazy

Ooh, give me a good guitar

And you could say that my hair's just disgrace

Or just find me an open car

I'll make the speed of light outta this place