You know, folks, I don't believe
the grass is always greener
in the other fella's yard.
I don't envy nobody,
even though...
I don't have a mansion,
no plot to call my own.
Cause I've only got a one -room
home
I need no extension upon
my telephone
Cause I've only got a one -room
home
And the boat has a house in the country
I got no country,
not even one tree
But, how I would miss it
If ever I should roam
Cause I love,
I love my one -room home
You know, folks,
I got a one -room home
You may have a 2 -room, 3 -room, 4 -room, 5 -room,
6 -room, 7 -room, 8 -room, 9 -room, 10 -room home
I only got a 1 -room home
And if you was to ask me
why I have not got
A 2 -room, 3 -room, 4 -room, 5 -room, 6 -room,
7 -room, 8 -room, 9 -room, 10 -room home
I would answer you because I do not want
A 2 -room, 3 -room, 4 -room, 5 -room, 6 -room,
7 -room, 8 -room, 9 -room, 10 -room home
I only got a 1 -room home
You like your 2 -room, 3 -room, 4 -room, 5 -room,
6 -room, 7 -room, 8 -room, 9 -room, 10 -room home?
Well, keep your 2 -room, 3 -room, 4 -room, 5 -room,
6 -room, 7 -room, 8 -room, 9 -room, 10 -room home
And let me have my 1 -room home
Cause the furniture I got does not belong
In the 2 -room, 3 -room, 4 -room, 5 -room, 6 -room,
7 -room, 8 -room, 9 -room, 10 -room home
You know my wife,
she likes to make the shades,
the yellow shades for the window.
And if you was to ask her
why she likes to make the shades,
the yellow shades for the window,
she wouldn't tell you why she
likes to make the shades,
the yellow shades for the window,
except that she likes to make the shades,
the yellow shades for the window.
But if you was to ask me
why she likes to make the shades,
the yellow shades for the window,
I could tell you why she likes
to make the shades
the yellow shades for the window
But you might think me proud
if I told you why she likes
to make the shades
The yellow shades for the window,
so I won't tell you why she
likes to make the shades
the yellow shades for the window
You know folks I got my
one -room home
furnished very comfortably
Cause in it I have a complete
living room set
With penny point chairs, twin beds,
a dining room table
with a couple of little soup and cigar stains,
a convertible couch, a chaise lounge,
a drunken five brewer,
a ping pong table, a television set,
a baby grand, a Louis Couture chiffoniere,
and a murphy bed in
case I got company.
Now you may wonder
how I got all this furnish
in my one room home.
It was easy, I got no ceiling,
but gee, how I would miss it
If ever I should roam,
cause I love,
I love my one -room home