Drummer Man

Hush, hush, little baby, don't you cry

Hush, hush, little baby, don't you cry

Daddy works in a rock and roll band

He's a drummer man

Plays all night in a crummy dive

Down on Lincoln Street

Living in a rat trap, hassle and

A-hustle with the welfare plan

Lord, it's tough when

You're living with a dream

Of a drummer man

Hush, hush, little baby, don't you cry

Don't you know, little baby, bye and bye

Daddy's really going to

Make it big like Ringo done

Be a Hollywood cat and live up

In the canyon where the sun shines

If we can just hold on till

We find that once in a lifetime plan

Oh, Lord, it hurts to be living with a dream

Of a drummer man

He's a drummer man,

That's what he is

And I love him so

And I clean his jeans

And I dry his tears

When the breaks don't come,

And it ain't no fun

He's my man

And he's a real good drummer

It's a bummer when you've got to play

The nickel and the dime

Kind of job that don't pay enough

To buy a can of beans

Chicken bone's clean

Hush, hush, little baby, don't you cry

Hush, hush, little baby, don't you cry

Daddy works in a rock and roll band

He's a drummer man

He beats out time, drinks a lot of bad

Wine down on Lincoln Street

One day Daddy's going to be a star

But in the meantime

Oh, Lord, it's tough to be living with a dream

Of a drummer man

Child it's tough but your Daddy is a dream

Of a drummer man