Album: "Whitey Ford sings the blues"
We've all seen the man at the liquor store
beggin' for your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange
He ask the man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes
Get a job you fuckin' slob's all he replied
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his
shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the
blues
Then you really might know what it's like
(X4)
Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said
he was in love
He said don't worry about a thing baby doll I'm the man you've
been dreamin' of
But three months later he said he won't date her or return her
call
And she sweared god damn if I find that man I'm cuttin' off his
balls
And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static
walkin' through the doors
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they call
her a whore
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her
shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to
choose
Then you really might know what it's like
(X4)
I've seen a rich man beg I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry
I've seen a loser win And a sad man grin I heard an honest man
lie
I've seen the good side of bad And the down side of up And
everything between
I licked the silver spoon Drank from the golden cup Smoked the
finest green
I stroked baddest dimes at least a couple of times Before I broke
there heart
You know where it ends Yo, it usually depends on where you start
I knew this kid named Max He used to get fat
stacks out on the corner with drugs
He liked to hang out late Liked to get shit faced And keep pace
with thugs
Until late one night there was a big gun fight Max lost his head
He pulled out his chrome .45 Talked some shit And wound up dead
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of his
pain
You know it comes that way At least that's what they say when you
play the game
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the
news
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose
Then you really might know what it's like
(X4)
To have to lose...