Get Off the Stool - Marvin Rainwater

Well, I walked into a café, feelin' mighty low

I could’ve eaten most anything, but I didn’t have no dough

Well, a pretty little waitress stared at me and then I heard her say:

«Get off the stool, you silly fool, you can’t sit there all day»

And I said: «Why?»

And she said: «'Cause

This ain’t no place to take a rest

And, I ain’t Santa Claus»

Well, I went on to a tavern, I didn’t have a cent

The bartender just looked at me, said: «Bud, you’re badly bent

Now, we don’t care for moocherers, and we don’t furnish shade

Get off the stool, you silly fool, come back when you get paid»

And I said: «Why?»

And he said: «'Cause

This ain’t no place to take a rest

And, I ain’t Santa Claus»

Well, I went to see my baby, just the another night

She asked me for a little kiss, filled my heart with pride

She puckered up her painted lips, I said: «Leave me alone»

She screamed: «You fool, get off that stool, you might as well go home»

And I said: «Why?»

And she said: «'Cause

This ain’t no place to take a rest

And, I ain’t Santa Claus»

So, I married me a rich widder, she had a Jersey cow

Sent me to do the milkin', she thought that I knew how

Well, I sat right down in front of Jerz, and the widow she walked in

«Get off the stool, you silly fool, get on the other end»

And I said: «Why?»

She said: «'Cause

This ain’t no place to take a rest

And, I ain’t Santa Claus»

Well, I was speedin' down the highway, and someone hollered: «Stop»

I kept right on a-goin', didn’t know it was a cop

He sat me down before the judge, he said: «You'll change your ways

Get off the stool, you silly fool, you’re here for 30 days»

And I said: «Why?»

And he said: «'Cause

You found a place to take a rest

I’ll be your Santa Claus

You found a place to take a rest

I’ll be your Santa Claus»