as sung by BB King (Book Blues King) at the 1999 ABAA Convention ...
Well it's four o'clock in the morning
And a pile of books just fell on me
They killed my DSO
And I got a busted knee
Oh Lord what do I see
Piles of ten dollar books comin' straight at me
There's gotta be an answer
To this problem I got
If the haiku hadn't been posted
Maybe I woulda learned what
Ten dollar books ain't so hot
Oh Lord they ain't so hot, not
There ain't enough garbage bags
In this world of FOLs for sure
To hold all my ten dollar books
I need twelve steps and a cure
Oh Lord, I got the pile'a ten dollar books I bought for a quarter but I'm too damn lazy to peddle 'em as a lot for 50 cent blues
And don't forget buyin' them books I wore out hundreds of shoes
I gotta right to sing the blues
Lordy I got them Ten Dollar Book Boy Blues ...
It's enough to make me sick
Cause you know Lord
I'm a hundred dollar trick
Don't throw a brick
I ain't no hick
Just answer me quick
Oh Lord ... please Lord ... what makes the Book Business tick ...
