Ry Cooder - One Cat, One Vote, One Beer lyrics

Hey bartender, what you say I'm gonna get drunk on election day! Want one gla** of bourbon, one gla** rye Come on, set me up, Joe, don't pas me by My money's alright, but my feets got sore See, I've been tryin' to vote, now 'bout an hour or more I tried, but I didn't get nowhere Joe, you know I just don't think they are doing this voting fair and square Better make it one cat, one vote, and one beer Bartender, one cat, one vote, and one beer See, I went downtown to the votin' room 'Cause I wanted to get my voting done soon Man said, "Now we're gonna have to do a little checkin' on you" Come back a little later on and said, "Well, Buddy, you know your vote just can't go through Says you've been dead, ten years back. We're sure not gonna take a vote off a, a dead red cat" "What you say?" "Step aside now, you're interfering with the election process, that's a crime" "The crime is you!" "Well, Buddy, votin' is just something I don't think you're going to do" One cat, one vote, and one beer Ain't that a shame One cat, one vote, and one beer Bartender! I'm gonna drink a little gin and some mellow wine Then I'm gonna try that voting machine out just one more time 'Cause democracy is in our hands, but it's slipping through our fingers just like sand Now I'm worried for you, sure worried for me, watching the election comin' round on the T.V. Voting's closed, we already lost the race Might as well meet me down to Little Joe's Place Make it one cat, one vote, and one beer Dog my cats you know I guess just make it one cat, one vote, and one beer One cat, and one vote, and one beer Bartender