INTRO
Everybody workin' in this town, and it's worryin’ me night and day
Everybody workin' in this town, and it's worryin’ me night and day
That’s that mean housewreckin' crew, hey, that work for the W.P.A.
The landlord come this mornin', he knocked upon my door, asked me was I going to pay my rent no more
He say, "You'll have to move if you can't pay." Then he turned and he walked slowly 'way
Then I know I have to, try to find me some place to stay
'Cause they gon’ tear my house down, hey, that crew from the W.P.A.
So I went to the relief station, I didn't have a cent, they say, "Stay on where you stayin’, you don't have to pay no rent."
Then when I got back home, they was tacking a sign on my door, say, "This old house is condemned, and you can't live here no more."
Then a notion struck me, I’d better be on my way
'Cause they gon’ tear my house down, hey, that crew from the W.P.A.
Well, I started out the next morning, I put a lock on my door, so I wouldn’t move, but I haven’t got no place to go
The real estate people, they done got so,they don't rent to no, relief clients no more
And I know then, I could walk the streets night and day
'Cause they gon’ tear my house down, hey, that crew from the W.P.A.
A notion struck me, to stay on a day or two, but I soon found out, that that wouldn't do
Early the next morning, I was layin' in my bed, I heard a mighty rumblin', and bricks come tumblin’ on my head
I start duckin' and dodgin', tryin’ to get out of the way
'Cause they're tearing my house down, hey, that crew from that W.P.A.