There's been some hard feelings here About some words that were said There's been some hard feelings here And what is more There's been a bloody purple nose And some bloody purple clothes That were messing up the lobby floor It's just apartment house rules So all you 'partment fools Remember: one man s ceiling is another man's floor Remember: one man's ceiling is another man's floor
There's been some strange goin's on And some folks have come and gone And the elevator man don't work no more I heard a racket in the hall And I thought I heard a fall But I never opened up my door It's just apartment house sense It's like apartment rents Remember: one man's ceiling is another man's floor Remember: one man's ceiling is another man's floor
And there's an alley in the back of my building Where some people congregate in shame I was walking with my dog And the night was black with smog When I thought I heard somebody Call my name