Pity the Downtrodden Landlord





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Please open your hearts and your purses

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To a man who is misunderstood

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He gets all the kicks and the curses

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Though He wishes you nothing but good

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He wistfully begs you to show him

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You think he's a friend, not a louse;

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So remember the debt that you owe him

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The landlord who lends you his house

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So pity the downtrodden landlord

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And his back that is burdened and bent

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Respect his gray hairs, don't ask for repairs

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And don't be behind with the rent.





When thunder clouds gather and darken

You can sleep undisturbed in your bed;

But the landlord must sit up and hearken

And shiver, and wonder, and dread;

If you're killed, then you die in a hurry

And you never will know your bad luck,

But the landlord is shaking with worry ---

"Has one of my houses been struck?"



When a landlord resorts to eviction

Don't think that he does it for spite;

He's acting from deepest conviction,

And what's right, after all, is what's right.

But I see that your hearts are all hardened

And I fear I'm appealing in vain;

Yet I hope my last plea will be pardoned

If I beg on my knees once again:



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