Ry Cooder - Pawn Shop Blues

I was walking down the street this morning
Someone called me, and I could not stop
Walking down the street this morning
Someone called me, but I could not stop

You know, Brownie, I was broke and hungry on my way to that old pawn shop

I went to the pawn shop with my last suit in my hand
Yes, I went to the pawn shop with my last suit in my hand
Won't give me a loan, please? Try to help me, Mr. Pawn-Shop Man

Went to the pawn shop
Went down to pawn my old radio
Yes, I went to the pawn shop
Went down to pawn my old radio

He said, well, Brownie, you ain't got a TV, you know
We sure don't take radios in no more
Kinda worried me a little bit

And I went to the pawn shop
'Cause the man come and took my car
Yea, I went to the pawn shop
'Cause the man had come and took my car

Go on to the pawn shop this morning
Tryna get a loan on my old guitar
Play it one time, before you sell it, boy

I asked the pawn-shop man
Uh, buddy, what's those three balls doing on the wall?
Yes, I asked the pawn-shop man
What's those three balls doing on the wall?

He says, "I'm betting you two to one, buddy, you ain't getting your stuff outta here at all."