Here Comes Trouble Again

Sneakin' thru the front door Sits down next to me She ordered up a double A Tanqueray martini She slammed it back in one shot Said martinis make her sneeze She slid up nice 'n cozy And she whispered, daddy please Now that I got a wife and family They gonna wonder where I been (yeah, where you been) With a cocktail and a short skirt Here comes trouble again (c'mon) Dice game in the back room Rent check in my hand (aham) Looking for a seven The dice got better plans I like to play the ponies I'm at the track all week (yeah...) It's hard to handicap 'em When you're on a losing streak Now friends, my wife told me Friday She'd like to see my gamblin' end (oh mercy) Getting' hard to be a good man Here comes trouble again (always trouble again) Oh, here comes trouble again (yeah) Oh, just like he was my friend Here comes trouble again (trouble again) (Trouble again) The government called me Monday Said something about some scratch I tried to call them Tuesday I said, "I ain't got the cash" They called the house on Wednesday, right? Said, "If he don't have it soon" (oh yeah...) "They're gonna make a reservation" "For a six-by-eight foot room" Now ladies and gentlemen, I got a wife and family (look out) Please don't take me to the pen (don't take me) Pullin' 2 to 5 in Clinton Here comes trouble again (here comes, here comes, here comes) Oh, here comes trouble again Oo oh, smiling like he was my friend Here comes trouble again