David Soul Landlord song lyrics

Yonder come my landlord collecting his rent

With his greedy yellow eyes and his tongue all bent

With his padlocked pockets and his badluck nose

Comes sniffin' round my doorway and goin' through my clothes

Oh how could you treat me so cold

Got a mortgage on my body and a lien on my soul

I got a crackpot house with a two way roof

My neighbours are thieves but I got no proof

You like to take but you don't want to give

I've got to pay you rent just to have a place to live

Ah but hey you landlord I know you well

You run a rock'n roll' tavern and a fancy hotel

You misuse a lot of people that you got at your command

I'll put on a pair of gloves 'fore I shake your hand

You're gonna wake up in the helpless dawn

And look around and find that your land is all gone

You wanna be cold just as cold as you please

Will come next winter, you're gonna freeze