Bastard Landlord - The Pogues

Oh Lord won’t you tell me I’m sure I don’t know

Who makes the plans that change our lives so

From a place in the country so peaceful and calm

We moved up to London as the bombs fell around

To a house by the river where the rent it was cheap

The Landlord he told us 'Its yours to keep'

For regular payment week after week

You’ll always have a roof under which you can sleep

The years past by, the war came to an end

We lived out our lives did nothing to offend

But the Landlord’s conditions yearly they grew

With the size of his gut and his housing values

He’d kneel on a Sunday and pray to the Lord

For the deals of love his world cannot afford

When the Bastard he came round to put up our rent

We swallowed our pride and we smiled our best

Bricks and mortar, Kingdom of Stone

Where do you go when you’re all alone

They’ll carve your name where you lie

And I for one no tears will cry

Greed knows no boundaries, greed doesn’t feel

I’m damned if I’ll die for a profiting deal

The woman next door she just passed away

'Cause the rent got so high that she just couldn’t pay.,

And there in the bed she closed up her eyes

The last time she gazed on this world of lies

With nowhere to go and nothing to say

She went to the next world and the Bastard he smiled

Bricks and mortar, Kingdom of Stone

Where do you go when you’re all alone

They’ll carve your name where you lie

And I for one no tears will cry

Oh Lord won’t you tell me I’m sure I don’t know

What makes some people so callous and cold

I’ve lived in this house for forty-four years

My children were born here, its here I’ll grow old

A curse on you, Bastard Landlord be damned

Who needs one more house like a beach needs more sand

I’ll stay here till I’m done only nobody knows

How God can let one man treat others so