Griffin Patty Poor Man`s House Lyrics

Poor Man`s House Lyrics

you know you've done enough when every bone is sore
you know you've prayed
enough when you don't ask any more
you know you're coming to some kind of
understanding
when every dream you've dreamed has passed and you're still
standing
mama says god tends to every little skinny sheep
so count your
ribs and say your prayers and get to sleep
nothing is louder to god's ears
than a poor mans sorrow
daddy is poor Today and he will be poor
tomorrow
hey that's the poor man's house
everybody get a look at the poor
mans house
everywhere they went before must have turned them out
and now
they're living in a poor mans house
there's nothing like poverty to get you
into heaven
they got a lot of wine and fish up there and the bread's
unleavened
they got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack
lots of
missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs
daddy's been working too
much for days and days he doesn't eat
he never says much but i think this
time it's got him beat
it isn't that he isn't strong or kind or
clever
your daddy's poor today and he will be poor forever
hey that's the
poor man's house
those kids are living in a poor mans house
they walk to
school with the soles of their shoes worn out
and come home in the evening
to the poor mans house
what are you chopping that wood for
why are you
growing that corn
mama's sewing a brand new shirt and you're wearing the one
that's torn
i guess it's for some one elses kid who wasn't born in a poor
man's
house
hey take a look at that house
everybody we're living in a
poor mans house
seems like everywhere we go they find us out
find out
that we've been living in a poor mans house