Open the Door, Richard - Louis Jordan

Written by：Jack McVea/Frank Clarke

Open the door Richard

Open the door and let me in

Open the door Richard

Richard why don't you open that door

I met old Zeke standing on the corner the other day

That cat sure was booted with the liquor

He was what

He was intoxicated

He was what

He was inebriated

He was what

Well he was just plain drunk

Well alright then

He was sure salty with the bartender

The bartender's trying to make him by another drink

Zeke told the bartender

There ain't no need of me buying no drinks when everyone else is buying them

I'm going to drink to everybody's health till I ruin my own

Open the door Richard

Why don't he know who he's throwing outta that joint

Why I'll go back in that joint and take a short stick

And bust it down to the ground

Open the door Richard

But I hate to be caught out on the street like this

Cause it makes she look so common

And I know I'm common cause I got class I ain't never used yet

But I guess I better get on in the house cause

I don't want my pastor to catch me out like this

Hi Richard

Open the door

Now look at that old woman across the street

Done stuck her head outta the window calling her sister

Look at her and her sister saying ain't that him ain't that him '

Yes it's me and I'm drunk again

Open the door Richard

I know he's in there cause I got on the clothes

They can't throw him out cause

I owe just as much back rent as he does

Imagine that old woman charging us three dollars a month

And getting mad cause we twelve months in the areas

Come meeting me last Thursday saying

'Ain't you boys going to give me some back rent '

I told her she'd be lucky if she got some front rent

Open the door Richard

Hi Richard

Come on open the door

Cause I'm standing here scratching in my pants pocket

And standing here groping in my coat pocket

And standing here feeling in my shirt pocket

And I can't find the key

Open the door Richard

Open the door Richard

Open the door and let me in

Open the door Richard

Richard why don't you open that door

Open the door Richard