That sweet little boy just turned ten today
His daddy's only God knows where
He ain't called or done nothing
For three years running
To show he even cares
And that woman he left behind
Is scraping by the best she can
If you ask me, that SOB
Is anything but a man
Some people piss me off
Make me mad as hell
They don't care who they're hurting
What rug that they're jerking out
From under somebody else
It gets under my skin
Makes me grit my teeth
They don't think about the cost
Some people piss me off
That proud old man
Somebody's grandpa
Some sweet old lady's whole life
He was walking home Sunday
Some punk stole his money
Left him hard to recognize
To think he was left to die
For seven dollars and some change
Makes me wish I could find that boy
In some dark alley
Take matters into my own hands
Some people piss me off
Make me mad as hell
They don't care who they're hurting
What rug that they're jerking out
From under somebody else
It gets under my skin
Makes me grit my teeth
They don't think about the cost
Yeah, some people piss me off
This world ain't all bad
There's a lotta good going on
Yeah, most of us give a damn
No, but some don't at all
Those people piss me off
Make me mad as hell
They don't care who they're hurting
What rug that they're jerking out
From under somebody else
It gets under my skin
Makes me grit my teeth
They don't think about the cost
Some people piss me off
Make me ball up my fist
They don't think about the cost
Some people piss me off
Some people piss me off
His daddy's only God knows where
He ain't called or done nothing
For three years running
To show he even cares
And that woman he left behind
Is scraping by the best she can
If you ask me, that SOB
Is anything but a man
Some people piss me off
Make me mad as hell
They don't care who they're hurting
What rug that they're jerking out
From under somebody else
It gets under my skin
Makes me grit my teeth
They don't think about the cost
Some people piss me off
That proud old man
Somebody's grandpa
Some sweet old lady's whole life
He was walking home Sunday
Some punk stole his money
Left him hard to recognize
To think he was left to die
For seven dollars and some change
Makes me wish I could find that boy
In some dark alley
Take matters into my own hands
Some people piss me off
Make me mad as hell
They don't care who they're hurting
What rug that they're jerking out
From under somebody else
It gets under my skin
Makes me grit my teeth
They don't think about the cost
Yeah, some people piss me off
This world ain't all bad
There's a lotta good going on
Yeah, most of us give a damn
No, but some don't at all
Those people piss me off
Make me mad as hell
They don't care who they're hurting
What rug that they're jerking out
From under somebody else
It gets under my skin
Makes me grit my teeth
They don't think about the cost
Some people piss me off
Make me ball up my fist
They don't think about the cost
Some people piss me off
Some people piss me off
Yeah, some people really piss me off. Great tune.
ReplyDeleteFriend Brock,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate you posting songs I send your way from time to time. I know your blog is generally used for the real serious issues of today, and that is one of the reasons I enjoy reading it so much.
I send the songs your way because, with me being a musician, ( and you know how important that is to me and mine and our world), I perhaps see music and the statements it can make differently than most people do.
A lot of people listen to music for simply the enjoyment that music brings. Myself am guilty of that as well. However, I have always believed and followed through with the belief that music can make power full statements. It has served me well in forty some years of activism.
It always makes me smile when you take the time to post some song I have passed along, well knowing that some of your readers are probably going "why all these songs? There are certainly more important items that could be posted."
I am sure that is true more times than not; yet, I still believe that music can play a most important role in matters of great importance.
So thanks my friend for yet another post.
music can make power full statements.
ReplyDeleteAgree wholeheartedly.