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Date of issue: 31.12.1972
Record label: Concord
Song language: English
Poverty's Paradise |
Hey, it seems to me like ever since I was a little child |
I’ve been starving |
I’ve never known anything but hunger |
(Poverty's paradise) |
I’ve been hungry all my life |
Yeah, starved to the bone |
Somewhere on this raggedy earth |
Somebody said something once |
About some kind of paradise |
Where everything would be nice |
(Poverty's) |
And together |
(Paradise) |
But I’ll be damned if I can find it |
I’ve grown up into adulthood now |
And I don’t seem to be able to find my way to anything |
Much less somebody’s paradise |
(Poverty's paradise) |
One thing for sure |
I’d like to go to sleep just once on a full stomach |
I get mighty tired of these belly wrinkles, dig? |
And my babies |
I don’t know what I’m gonna do about them |
I’ve run out of ways to keep them fed |
Used to be I could find a way when there wasn’t anyway |
(Poverty's paradise) |
Ever since my birth |
I’ve had no one to care |
Since my very first day on earth |
I’ve existed on welfare |
Shameful living’s been my way |
Nameless giving’s been my pay |
Poverty’s paradise |
If you want it, you better think twice |
Poverty’s paradise |
Who ever said it was nice? |
That human was a fool |
A poor human’s life is filled with woes |
No amount of foodstamps can ease sorrow |
This way of life demands no respect or dignity |
It command only neglect and self pity |
Down life’s long and lonely road |
Poor has been my one and only load |
Poverty’s paradise |
If you want it, I say you better think twice |
Poverty’s paradise |
Whoever said it was nice? |
That human was a fool (fool) |
My living’s been in vain |
My lowly life has known only pain |
If you can avoid this kind of misery |
Thank God you don’t have to live like me |
Down life’s long and lonely road |
Poor has been my one and only load |
Poverty’s paradise |
If you want it, I say you better think twice |
Poverty’s paradise |
Whoever said it was nice? |
That human was a fool |
(Poverty's paradise) |
(Poverty's paradise) |
I don’t think I could find a way to make it on this earth |
(Poverty's paradise) |
It’s been on continuous delay |
Ever since my birth |
(Poverty's paradise) |
Hungry, Hungry, Hungry |
Lonely, lonely, lonely |
(Poverty's paradise) |
My love’s been adept |
I’ve had to do without |
(Poverty's paradise) |
Only pain, only shame |
(Poverty's paradise) |
My baby’s look at me and cry |
All I could do is laugh |
I tell 'em, son, one day we’ll be rich |
Daughter, oh, daughter |
(Poverty's paradise) |
Nobody to be fare |
Nobody to be fare |
(Poverty's paradise) |
Life, liberty and the pursuit of hapiness, yes yes |
(Poverty) |
That’s what they tell me |
Liquidation and distress |
That’s what they sell me |
Free speech, constitutional rights, ain’t nowhere to be found |
(Poverty's) |
Only hunger and grind |
(Poverty's) |
Global fight after fight |
(Poverty's) |
Look around |
(Paradise) |
The president said, the president said, the president said |
Don’t worry, Don’t worry, Don’t worry, Don’t worry |
But worry’s all I know |
Hurt, Hurt Hurt, hurt hurt hurt |
(Poverty) |
Hurt |
(Poverty) |
Hurt |
(Poverty) |
Hurt |
(Paradise) |
Poverty’s paradise |
Whoever said it was nice? |
That human was a fool |
(Poverty's paradise) |
(Poverty's paradise) |
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Mother's Day | 1972 |
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