[ti:Meanest Man] [ar:Billy Bragg] [al:MermaI'd Avenue: The Complete Sessions] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Meanest Man - Billy Bragg/Wilco (照办乐队) [00:15.31]If the folks next door to me wasn't so good [00:18.74]I'd do all the mean things anybody could [00:22.51]I'd drink and I'd gamble and I'd louse around [00:26.51]I'd be the meanest man in this whole town [00:33.71]If I hadn't seen the light in that old ladys eyes [00:37.66]I'd try to be a man that you would hate and despise [00:41.88]I'd rave and I'd rant and I'd scream and yell [00:45.11]And I'd chase all my neighbours from here to hell [00:48.79]If I hadn't heard those kI'ds laugh playing games [00:52.74]I'd have nervous fits and I'd go insane [00:56.47]I'd turpentine cats and tin can dogs [00:59.81]And I'd smother people to death insI'de of holler logs [01:18.66]If the people around me wasn't so nice [01:22.11]I'd freeze my heart into a cake of ice [01:25.99]I'd steal money from soldiers and working folks too [01:29.89]I'd lend you a dollar and take back two [01:37.15]If my wife dI'dnt kiss me the way she does [01:40.68]I'd carry four or five daggers and three or four guns [01:44.61]I'd shoot craps and ramble and hang out late [01:48.14]And I'd steal baby buggies and cadillac eights [01:51.85]If my friends dI'dnt write me those letters I get [01:55.70]I'd get to be a dictator and be the worse one yet [01:59.30]I'd be the only smart bird and you'd all be fools [02:03.11]All I'd send you all away to war [02:04.99]And I'd set home and rule [02:21.85]If it wasn't for them songs I hear all of you sing [02:25.47]I'd put a crown on my dome and I'd say I'm your king [02:29.16]I'd kI'dnap some and blackmail others [02:33.05]I'd peddle black market stuff and rob sisters and brothers [02:36.62]If it wasn't for your talking I hear along the street [02:40.19]I'd be the oneriest man that you ever dI'd meet [02:44.01]I'd preach the gospel of hate and I'd drink your blood [02:47.80]But I can't be this bad because my folks are too good [02:51.64]But I can't be this bad because my folks are too good [02:55.28]I'd preach the gospel of hate and I'd drink your blood