ONE CAT, ONE VOTE, ONE BEER
Ry Cooder & Joachim Cooder & Jared Smith
Hey bartender, what you say?
I'm gonna get drunk on election day!
Want one glass of bourbon, one glass of rye
Come on, set me up Joe, don't pass me by!
My money's alright but my feet's got sore
See I been trying to vote, 'bout an hour or more
I tried but I didn't get nowhere
Joe, I just don't think they're doing this voting fair and square
Better make it one cat, one vote and one beer
Bartender, one cat, one vote and one beer
See, I went downtown to the voting room
'Cause I wanted to get my voting done soon
the man said, "We're gonna have to do a little checking on you!"
come back a little later on and said,
"Well, Buddy, you know, your vote just can't go through
says you been dead, ten years back, we're sure not gonna take a vote off a dead red cat!"
"What you say?"
"Step aside now, you're interfering with the election process, that's a crime"
"The crime is you!"
"Well, Buddy, voting is something I just don't think you're going to do"
chorus
now, I'm gonna drink a little gin and some mellow wine
then I'm gonna try that voting machine out just one more time
'Cause democracy is in our hands, but it's slipping through our fingers just like sand
I'm worried for you, sure worried for me, watching the election coming round on the TV
Voting is closed, we already lost the race
Might as well meet me down to Little Joe's Place
Ry Cooder & Joachim Cooder & Jared Smith
Hey bartender, what you say?
I'm gonna get drunk on election day!
Want one glass of bourbon, one glass of rye
Come on, set me up Joe, don't pass me by!
My money's alright but my feet's got sore
See I been trying to vote, 'bout an hour or more
I tried but I didn't get nowhere
Joe, I just don't think they're doing this voting fair and square
Better make it one cat, one vote and one beer
Bartender, one cat, one vote and one beer
See, I went downtown to the voting room
'Cause I wanted to get my voting done soon
the man said, "We're gonna have to do a little checking on you!"
come back a little later on and said,
"Well, Buddy, you know, your vote just can't go through
says you been dead, ten years back, we're sure not gonna take a vote off a dead red cat!"
"What you say?"
"Step aside now, you're interfering with the election process, that's a crime"
"The crime is you!"
"Well, Buddy, voting is something I just don't think you're going to do"
chorus
now, I'm gonna drink a little gin and some mellow wine
then I'm gonna try that voting machine out just one more time
'Cause democracy is in our hands, but it's slipping through our fingers just like sand
I'm worried for you, sure worried for me, watching the election coming round on the TV
Voting is closed, we already lost the race
Might as well meet me down to Little Joe's Place