grocery blues
Singer:guthrie, arlo
i went down to the grocery store
i had to pay a dime or more
i hadn't yet begun to start
when i had to pay the rent on the shopping cart
i let the kids loose on the floor
and they ran around for a while or more
'til the manager with the broken smile
said it's a dollar down and a quarter an aisle
i was down in the freezer upon my knees
somebody was yelling that the price got freezed
i received the bill for the escaping cold
deedle lee deedle lee dum
it was about this time that i was going insane
i went and picked the kids up in the other lane
put back the food and ran out of the store
i ain't going back to that place no more
deedle lee deedle lee dum
well i'm tellin the truth now
i don't mind no woman's lib
but if my woman don't want to go down to the store
the family isn't gonna eat no more
deedle lee dum de dum dum
deedle lee deedle lee dum