Low Rent District

Steve Suffet – Acoustic Folk Artist

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Title song from Steve Suffet's newest CD. Words & music by Steve Suffet.

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Steve Suffet

Old fashioned folksinger in the People's Music tradition.

Born Stephen Lawrence Suffet in 1947, Steve Suffet is best described as an old fashioned folksinger. His repertoire is a mixture of railroad songs, trucker songs, cowboy songs, union songs, old time ballads, blues, ragtime, Gospel, bluegrass, topical-political songs, and whatever else tickles his fancy. He takes songs from whatever sources he wishes and then he sings them his own way, maybe rewriting the lyrics on the spot, flatting a 7th, or changing a major key to a mountain modal.Steve also writes his own songs, sometimes set to the tunes of traditional folk songs, but more often set to tunes he has composed in traditional styles.

Photo credit: Jody Kolodzey

"Low Rent District" is an Acoustic Folk track by Steve Suffet on SoundClick. Every element serves the song, creating a cohesive listening experience from start to finish. The track creates a listening experience that feels political music, americana revival and singer-songwriter. It has reached the top 10 on the SoundClick Acoustic Folk chart, peaking at #8. "Low Rent District" is part of the Steve Suffet catalog on SoundClick, where independent artists connect with a global audience. Download this track for free.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #61

Peak in subgenre #8

Author

Steve Suffet

Rights

Steve Suffet

Uploaded

June 26, 2008

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.0 MB • 128 kbps • 2:08 minutes

Story behind the song

If urban gentrification keeps going the way it has, four dollars for a cup of coffee will seem like a bargain!

Lyrics

LOW RENT DISTRICT
 Steve Suffet

Where is the low rent district?
Where are the tenement slums?
Where can I find a cheap place to live?
I don’t mind the winos and bums.
Where can I find a cold water flat,
For twenty-one dollars a week?
Where is the low rent district?
That is the housing I seek.
Go away, old man,
Go away, old man,
Go away, old man,
Go away.

Where is the all-night coffee shop,
Where I’d while away my time?
I’m not naive enough
To think coffee still costs a dime.
But I don’t want to pay up to four smackeroos
For what they call a venti of joe.
Where is the all-night coffee shop?
That’s where I want to go.
Go away, old man,
Go away, old man,
Go away, old man,
Go away.

Where is the one dollar movie house,
With gum stuck under the seat?
And where is Tony’s barber shop?
It used to be on this street.
And where can I find the Land of the Free?
And find the Home of the Brave?
All I can see is the Land of the Rich,
It’s becoming the Home of their Slave.
Go away, old man,
Go away, old man,
Go away, old man,
Go away.
Go away, old man,
Go away, old man,
Go away, old man,
Go away.