Well, I'm walkin' down the street this mornin' Hear someone call my name and I could not stop Someone called me and I could not stop Well, boys, you know Brownie was broke and hungry On my way to that old pawnshop Well, I went to the pawnshop, had my last suit in my hand Yes, I went to the pawnshop Had my last suit of clothes in my hand I said, "Won't you give me a loan? Try to help me, Mister Pawnshop Man" Well, I went to the pawnshop Went down to pawn my radio Went down to pawn my radio Well, the man said, "Brownie, you aint got a T. V. We don't take radios in no more" Kinda worried me a little bit Well, I went to the pawnshop 'Cause the man had come and took my car You know I had lost my job, man, that car-man took my car Well, I'm gOin' to the pawnshop in the mornin' See if I can pawn myoid guitar Play it one time before you sell it, boy I asked the pawnshop man What was those three balls doin' on the wall What was those three balls doin' on the wall "Well, I bet you two to one, buddy You won't get your stuff out of here at all"