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A Song That's Not Really About A Schlage.

Somebody done changed
Somebody done changed the lock on that door
Somebody done changed
They done changed the lock on that door
'Cause the key I got won't fit that lock no more

Now I came home last night about half past ten
Tried to get the key in the lock but I couldn't get it in
'Cause somebody done changed
They done changed the lock on that door
'Cause the key I got won't fit that lock no more
I looked through the window to see what I could see
She was talking to someone else
I know it wasn't me
She said, "daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, you don't have to go
'Cause I done changed, I done changed that lock on my door"

She changed the bed around, even painted the door
She even changed the carpet, I mean on the floor
My baby changed
Oh she done changed the lock on my door
'Cause the key I got won't fit that lock no more

Well, I walked down the street, lookin' where I used to go
She's got a mean black snake, and I can't go there no more
My baby changed
She done changed the lock on my door
And the key I got won't fit that lock no more.

-- B.B. King.

“A Song That's Not Really About A Schlage.”

  1. Blogger P_J Says:

    Second in the potentially very long series dispelling pre-adolescent misunderstandings of rock.

    I learned that "Hi-Fi Mama" isn't about audio equipment at all. In fact, 3/4 of ZZ Top's catalog can't even be discussed in polite company.

  2. Blogger Michael Reynolds Says:

    Maybe I should make it a regular thing. Although most of what I listen to isn't exactly subtle.

    Some Eminem, that's not too hard to decode:

    There she goes, shakin' that ass on the floor
    Bumpin' and grindin' that pole
    The way she's grindin' that pole
    I think I'm losing control. . .