Kenny Price Poverty Lyrics

Poverty Lyrics

There's a way of life that most folks don't even know about



When the cotton crop fails and the garden dries up because of the drought



And your only clothes're hangin' on your back and they're all wornout



And there's patches on the patches on your knees



The night wind whistles through the cracks and holes in the bedroom walls



The high water comes and it takes your house barn and all



You work like a dog to raise a fat hog and he dies in the fall



It's trouble and strife in the way of life called poverty



Poverty is a broken down shack and a greedy landlord



And your money crop beaten down by the summer storm



And you never see Washington's head on a greenback dollar



Poverty is a wishing to the Lord that you've never been born



[ steel ]



Try to catch a rabbit in a knee deep snow for somethin' to eat



But all you catch is a winter cough and frozen feet



The rabbits done gone and you gotta go home without any meat



Wouldn't be so bad if there wasn't six kids depended on me



We'd starve to death a long time ago hadn't been for ole blue



Blues mold hound dog and he's a good in two



He'll catch them coons where there ain't no coons he'll see us through



This trouble and strife in the way of life called poverty



Poverty is a broken down shack...



[ harmonica ]



Poverty is a workin' six days from dawn to dusk



Seventh day is Sunday and go to church you must



When they pass their heads around you just sit there with your head hung
down



Cause you ain't got between you and the devil and the deep blue see



It's trouble and strife in the way of life called poverty



It's trouble and strife in the way of life called poverty