A Liquor Never Brewed

There was a knockin' at my door

It's the dreaded landlord

He wants his rent and wants it now, he is careless how

He left us in a vacant daze, asking how we got here.

And we retired to slumber but, the glasses never were rinsed.

There was a tappin' on my back

It's the dreaded foreman

I think I see a smile through his teeth and his cigar

He put my hands to work and said I'd otherwise do nothin'

And I made a thousand things today, I'm sure I'll never use.

There was a ringin' on my phone

I picked it up to answer, they said they were my comrade.

But they couldn't say my name

So I asked them about the sun and moon

And what their thoughts on time were

They hung it up in madness and went on to punch the clock

And somewhere there's a sound of someone singing

I got an invitation once to liberty

They had a mischief brew but, no goblets were used

Besting rum or porter 'tis a liquor never brewed.

There was a knockin' at my door

It's the dreaded policemen

He had a ticket to enter signed by fools of Sanford laws

And he questioned me on politics and scorned my generation

For not respecting elders and lands authority

When the landlord came to knock,

I said "Come back tomorrow

There's more life I'll be living than just slaving for your wage

And to the troop and foreman.

Make yourself the things I don't use.

For I'm off into the forest for a liquor never brewed!"

And somewhere there's a sound of someone singing

I got an invitation once to liberty

They had a mischief brew but, no goblets were used

Besting rum or porter 'tis a liquor never brewed