carthusianblues

" I took my new air mattress back to Walmart today

to cover all these bouncing checks that I just can't pay

I been working overtime to pay the Devils dues

and all I got to show are these "Carthusian Blues"........

My dreamcatcher's a cigar a demon's puffin' on the end

he only sends me bad luck, but he swears that he's my friend

he took my favorite bull and turned him into bullion cubes

and all he left me with is these "Carthusian Blues"....

lawd I loved that woman gave her all that I had

she loved me just a little while but now she says I'm bad

it aint so bad she left me but she took that sweet chartreuse

and all she left me with are these "Carthusian Blues"....

a record's playin' in my head I wanted you to hear!!

that cigar chompin' colonel swore he was all for my career

I let him have our record all I get from him's bad news

and a steady dose of them "Carthusian Blues"....

they say Santa Clause has been here and he was loaded down with toys

he spent the night delivering to all good girls and boys

I only got a plaque that read "This Boy Here's Born To Lose"

and a festive dose of those "Carthusian Blues"...

Now there's too much air in my nicotine system

and too much blood in my alcohol supply

I can see the light in the dark days I'd been dreadin'

I been resurrected and I didn't even die...

Smokes comin' out of both chimneys at my house

and my dog and the cat await me there

folks think I flipped my lid or that I'm just a bad example

I'm just glad to know that someone cares!!!

Cause I've had them blues....

payin devils dues, my bull's just bullion cubes, all I'm gettin' is bad news

and I lost my sweet chartreuse all I got is the "Carthusian Blues"

Not much to add; the song pretty much speaks for itself. It's a true story that began writing itself while I was on my way to Walmart to take back a brand new air mattress because if I didn't I was going to have some checks bouncing..I think I wound up having a bunch of them bounce anyway...

Some of those old habits can make a person loose sight of whatever business sense they might

have and get "messed up as a crackheads checkbook...."

Numerous times I have been asked by people that have heard this song to elaborate on just what a "Carthusian" is. Here's the best I can do on that one right now;

A friend and I had gone to visit Thomas Jeffersons "Octagonal House" in Virginia. Durng the guided portion of the tour we came to the dining room, where the table was set with very real looking dishes, and the guide began identifying each dish, telling us what part of the world the dish originated from, and what it was made of. One of the dishes was called 'Chartreuse', and another was called 'Carthusian'...for some reason these two words stuck with me. On the way back home, my friend asked for part of a snack i had-and I told her that she "wasn't going to get none of my Carthusian unless she gave me some of her Chartreuse"..

So what is a 'Carthusian'?? I'm not really sure, but it seems like everybody's got one..