Poor Man's Blues
Working all their lives
Just to earn a little pay
For their children and their wives
At the end of the working day
But if they lose their jobs
They will lose their wives
And if they lose their children
They will lose their lives
If you're a rich man
You can do no wrong
If you're a working man
They'll make you sing a song
They'll pay you if you're an idle man
Living like a king
But if you're a poor man
You ain't worth a thing
They say that money is
The root of all evil
And if we didn't have none
We would all be equal
But that isn't so
In this world today
'Cause if you ain't got none
How you gonna pay
For the clothes on your back
The shoes on your feet
The car out back
The food that you eat
If you're a rich man
You can do no wrong
If you're a working man
They'll make you sing a song
They'll pay you if you're an idle man
Living like a king
But if you're a poor man
You ain't worth a thing
Just to earn a little pay
For their children and their wives
At the end of the working day
But if they lose their jobs
They will lose their wives
And if they lose their children
They will lose their lives
If you're a rich man
You can do no wrong
If you're a working man
They'll make you sing a song
They'll pay you if you're an idle man
Living like a king
But if you're a poor man
You ain't worth a thing
They say that money is
The root of all evil
And if we didn't have none
We would all be equal
But that isn't so
In this world today
'Cause if you ain't got none
How you gonna pay
For the clothes on your back
The shoes on your feet
The car out back
The food that you eat
If you're a rich man
You can do no wrong
If you're a working man
They'll make you sing a song
They'll pay you if you're an idle man
Living like a king
But if you're a poor man
You ain't worth a thing
Credits
Writer(s): Giuseppe Antonio Gregorio Masi, Michael Lewis Hyde
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