Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song When You're Poor , by - Loretta Lynn. Release date: 02.05.1971
Song language: English
When You're Poor |
| Hungry little baby on a cold hard floor |
| Cryin' for milk but there ain’t no more |
| We can’t get credit at the grocery store |
| That’s how it is when you’re poor |
| Cry tears little baby for the future in store |
| I got trouble for a child born poor |
| Slave all your life not knowin' what for |
| That’s how it is when you’re poor |
| There’s not enough money to go to school |
| I can’t afford the clothes to fit the social fools |
| Lord forgive me when I curse the rules |
| But that’s how it is when you’re poor |
| Gotta work hard just the bills to be paid |
| Sixteen hours there’s a livin' to be made |
| Never get ahead just livin' day to day |
| That’s how it is when you’re poor |
| Hard work buried in the back of my mind |
| Haven’t got much money but have a lotta time |
| It’s been done doin' nothin' but tryin' |
| That’s how it is when you’re poor |
| Old house needs fix but that’ll have to wait |
| I dream about the life that could be real great |
| I hope it’s not long more it’ll be too late |
| But that’s how it is when you’re poor… |