POOR MAN BLUES
r
ich mans got his picture on
the cover of magazine
th
eres a pampered life with a trophy wife an
d his long black limosines
h
es got all the money in the whole wide world
and toys hell never use
b
ut he dont know a
damn thing bout when a p
oor man g
ets the bl
ues
ri
ch man thinks his shoes are made
to walk wherever he wants
fr
om the top of all them high rise buildings
to the bottom of the honkytonks
he
ll step on everything in between
but he wont walk a mile in my shoes
an
d he dont know a
damn thing bout when a p
oor man g
ets the bl
ues
h
e thinks his money rules the world and
he dont gi
ve a d
amn
b
out a low class backwoods country boy from
deep south alabam
he uses folks like me just to keep his s
orry a
ss am
used
w
ell son you better
watch your back when a po
or man ge
ts the bl
ues
r
ich man waltezd righth into her life
swept her off her feet
f
or all his fame and fortune
lord knows i couldnt compete
w
hen he took her love away from me
i had nothing else to lose
s
o i taught that rich man
just what happens when a p
oor man g
ets the bl
ues
h
e thinks his money rules the world and
he dont gi
ve a da
mn
b
out a low class backwoods country boy fr
om deep south alabam
h
e uses folks like me just to keep his so
rry a
ss am
used
w
ell son youd better
watch your back when a p
oor man g
ets the b
lues
