The Check's in the Mail Lyrics
- Genre:Reggae
- Year of Release:2023
Lyrics
I must have been a prodigy, or some kind of freak
to learn to play the cello in my 17th week,
but it so happened that no matter what I did
the cello followed me like a dog does a kid
and so I worked real hard to get to here.
I paid lots of money and I bummed lots of beer.
I played my first gig at the Golden Rail,
it was the first time I heard that the checks in the mail.
The check’s in the mail
So it’s no surprise to run into you
I’ve seen you before you’re nothing new
I know your type I know your kind
you’re trying to keeping me doing from what I got in mind.
You got the nerve, the gall, the gumption ;
ask me to play for free at your private function.
Propriétaire is going to put me in jail
and all I can say is the check’s in the mail.
The check’s in the mail
I work I sweat I slave I toil,
I wrap up my potato in aluminum foil.
It’s all I can do to make ends meet -
it’s all I can do to find the food to eat.
I take my lumps just like the next guy
I eat my lumpy apple pie.
The pie, the sky, the boot, the pail ;
all you can say is the checks in the mail ?
The check’s in the mail