Noirsville Tune Of The Week

Ry Cooder -  Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, and record producer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.

I Got Mine

And I went down to a big crap game,

'Twas certainly against my will.

I lost every doggone nickel I had

But a greenback dollar bill.

Forty dollar that laid on the floor

My buddy's point was nine

Well, the police they come in there

And caught all of 'em

But I got mine.

I got mine, let me tell ya

I got mine.

I grabbed that money

Out the back door I went flying

Well, ever since the big crap game

I've been livin' on chicken and wine.

I'm the leader of society

Since I got mine.

I know a barber shop

It's a way cross town

Down on Norfolk street

It's the only place on a Saturday night

That us gamblers gets to meet

Some comes for a haircut

And others come for a scrap

And when you see me and my buddies up there, man

We means to shoot some crap

Hollering: "Seven, eleven, won't you come, come, come!!!

If you don't seven, eleven them

You're done, done, done"

If I see the police before he sees me

I'm gonna run, run, run

I'm the leader of society

Since I got mine

Well, I went down to my best girl's house

The hour was just about nine

I wasn't dressed up like Henry Ford

But I was feeling just as fine

I caught her sitting on another man's knee

And I didn't like that sign

Well, I told them what I thought about it, boys

And I got mine

I got mine, I got mine

I grabbed my hat and through the window

I went flying

I ran as fast as I could run

But I didn't get there in time

Because the rascal grabbed a shotgun, Lord

And I got mine