Loretta Lynn - When You're Poor Lyrics






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





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  1. M.... ....

    Probably had her own childhood in mind growing up.

  2. D.... B....

    Tell me about lorrtta. I know

  3. M.... J....

    First time i heard this song . I love it !! Thanks for uploading it !!

  4. R.... S....

    Stimmt so wahr 👍👌

  5. C.... m....

    So true

  6. A.... G....

    This song was written by her daughter Betty Sue aka (Tracey Lee)

  7. l.... ....

    Yes Jamie you hit the nail on the head very few can even write song's of any kind that have the feeling that the older song's had I have to laugh at some of the top song's that they are pushing today would have been in the waste basket not to many year's a go ...

  8. M.... ....

    @latokatn506 I totally agree Lester, that's why the songs sre not the same today, that how all the legends were raised poor

  9. l.... ....

    What a true song People now day's just don't know how it was back in them day's except the older people Great Choice of this song Jamie