the case

hey, listen, listen, you know, i don't mean to be, i don't mean to be mean, but i'm just asking everybody to just, i want everybody to just, bear with me for one minute, i know you want to have some fun, you know everybody come from their home, and they, they come to do their thing, and i ain't stopping you from doing your thing, i just want to say one thing, if you step out of your door one evening, and you got yours, and you got yourself a case, and you think you took it to a place, and when you get to that place, and when you're settled down to do something, and you look around, and you can't find no case, now tell me, friends, what are you going to do?, no, hold it, hold it, man, i said what are you going to do?, you see this here happened to me today, and i don't mean to take up your time, i just want to tell you my case, now listen to the case, man, you don't have to be so loud, when you don't have to be so smart, i just want to tell you a story, what happened to me today, you see i stepped out my door, i got myself a little square case, i took it in the car, i went down the road, i stopped by my friends, well, i didn't take the case out the car, i went inside, i said, hello, vince, he said, hi, well, he came in the car, we sat down and we talked, we drove up to richmond, well, i didn't know what to do, you say i'm feeling bad, well, i'm feeling bad, you see i got in the house, i'm sure i took out that case, well, i took it upstairs, i asked my friend, i said, hey, man, can i make a phone call?, he said, yeah, you can make a phone call, well, i took out the case, i went in the room, i took out my book, and i look at a number, well, i telephoned my lawyer, and he said, well, it's all right, you don't have to worry, 'cause everything is going to be the way you planned it, well, well, i was feeling okay, i put my book in the case, i closed the case, i go downstairs, i look at those two girls who are sitting down by the steps, i said to my friend, well, it's time to go, he said, oh all right, all right, don't say no more, well, i, i took out my case, i will swear to god i took out that case, i went out through the door, i put the case in the car, i said, man, we ain't got much time, we got to go, we got to go, you see, listen, oh shit, well it's been on my mind, it's been a bothering me a long, long time