[ti:Master Of The House]
[ar:Various Artists]
[al:Les Misérables （1987 Original ]
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[00:07.39]Welcome, Monsieur, sit yourself down
[00:10.32]And meet the best innkeeper in town
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[00:15.32]As for the rest, all of 'em crooks:
[00:18.45]Rooking their guests and crooking the books
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[00:23.65]Seldom do you see
[00:26.52]
[00:27.09]Honest men like me
[00:29.59]A gent of good intent
[00:32.41]Who's content to be
[00:36.91]Master of the house, doling out the charm
[00:39.78]Ready with a handshake and an open palm
[00:42.98]Tells a saucy tale, makes a little stir
[00:46.16]Customers appreciate a bon-viveur
[00:49.22]Glad to do a friend a favor
[00:52.17]Doesn't cost me to be nice
[00:55.04]
[00:55.67]But nothing gets you nothing
[00:57.29]Everything has got a little price!
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[01:01.85]Master of the house, keeper of the zoo
[01:04.99]Ready to relieve 'em of a sou or two
[01:07.99]Watering the wine, making up the weight
[01:11.12]Pickin' up their knick-knacks when they can't see straight
[01:14.25]Everybody loves a landlord
[01:17.06]Everybody's bosom friend
[01:19.82]
[01:20.38]I do whatever pleases
[01:22.01]Jesus! Won't I bleed 'em in the end!
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[01:25.20]Master of the house, quick to catch yer eye
[01:28.13]Never wants a passerby to pass him by
[01:31.14]Servant to the poor, butler to the great
[01:34.20]Comforter, philosopher, lifelong and mate!
[01:37.21]Everybody's boon companion
[01:40.40]Everybody's chaperone
[01:43.40]But lock up your valises
[01:44.83]Jesus! Won't I skin you to the bone!
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[01:51.65]Enter Monsieur, lay down your load
[01:54.65]Unlace your boots, rest from the road
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[01:59.82]This weighs a ton, travel's a curse
[02:02.88]But here we strive to lighten your purse
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[02:08.42]Here the goose is cooked
[02:11.04]
[02:11.67]Here the fat is fried
[02:14.14]And nothing's overlooked
[02:16.83]Till I'm satisfied
[02:21.21]Food beyond compare. Food beyond belief
[02:24.13]Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef
[02:27.26]Kidney of a horse, liver of a cat
[02:30.32]Filling up the sausages with this and that
[02:33.51]Residents are more than welcome
[02:36.51]Bridal suite is occupied
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[02:39.57]Reasonable charges
[02:41.20]Plus some little extras on the side!
[02:44.51]
[02:45.94]Charge 'em for the lice, extra for the mice
[02:48.89]Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
[02:52.01]Here a little slice, there a little cut
[02:55.01]Three percent for sleeping with the window shut
[02:58.15]When it comes to fixing prices
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[03:01.16]There are a lot of tricks he knows
[03:04.22]How it all increases, all them bits and pieces
[03:07.09]Jesus! It's amazing how it grows!
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[03:10.59]Master of the house, quick to catch yer eye
[03:13.39]Never wants a passerby to pass him by
[03:16.48]Servant to the poor, butler to the great
[03:19.41]Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate!
[03:22.48]Everybody's boon companion
[03:25.60]Gives 'em everything he's got
[03:28.67]Dirty bunch of geezers
[03:30.23]Jesus! What a sorry little lot!
[03:32.86]
[03:38.05]I used to dream that I would meet a prince
[03:42.40]But God and Almighty have you seen what's happened since?
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[03:48.53]Master of the house? Isn't worth me spit!
[03:52.17]`Comforter, philosopher' and lifelong shit!
[03:55.98]Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire
[03:59.77]Thinks he's quite a but lover there's not much there
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[04:03.80]What a cruel trick of nature landed me with such a louse
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[04:10.68]God knows how I've lasted living with this bastard in the house!
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[04:15.85]Master of the house!
[04:17.35]Master and a half!
[04:18.91]Comforter, philosopher
[04:20.00]Ah, don't make me laugh!
[04:21.93]Servant to the poor, butler to the great
[04:24.93]Hypocrite and toady and inebriate!
[04:27.87]Everybody bless the landlord!
[04:31.06]Everybody bless his spouse!
[04:34.07]Everybody raise a glass
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[04:37.17]Raise it up the master's arse
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[04:40.24]Everybody raise a glass to the Master of the House!