Owens, Buck - Waitin' In Your Welfare Line Lyrics






I got the hungries for your love,
And I'm waitin' in your welfare line.

Well, I ain't got nothin'
But the shirt on my back,
And an old two button suit
I walked outta my job
About a week ago,
And now I'm sleepin' in a
Telephone booth
But I'm a-gonna be
The richest guy around,
The day you say you're mine

I got the hungries for your love
And I'm waitin' in your welfare line

Well, when I first saw you babe,
You nearly made me wreck
My ol' '49 Cadillac
I knew at a glance
That it was you for me;
I had to have your love by heck
I'm gonna follow you baby
Wherever you go;
I got nothin' to lose
But my time

I got the hungries for your love,
And I'm waitin' in your welfare line

[Instrumental]

Well, you made me
The top dog on your hill,
And I was overjoyed
But it didn't take long
'Til the thrill was gone,
I joined the ranks of
The unemployed
Now, I'm right back where
That I started from,
But that ain't gonna
Change my mind

I got the hungries for your love,
And I'm waitin' in your welfare line

Yeah, I'm waitin' in your welfare line
(Gimme a handout)
I'm waitin' in your welfare line...





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  1. F.... A....

    Millennials: "What's a telephone booth".

  2. M.... C....

    This is the most hilarious!

  3. c.... z....

    "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" is a 1966 single by Buck Owens. The single was Owens' tenth number one on the U.S. country music chart. "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" spent seven weeks at the top and a total of eighteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

  4. A.... B....

    So very cleverly written ❤️❤️❤️❤️ It!!

  5. R.... J....

    This is one of Buck's best !!

  6. B.... D....

    Good song

  7. V.... A....

    Fantástica!

  8. M.... W....

    Who gave this a thumbs down? One asshole, that's who.

  9. K.... B....

    He dos!!ne got the hungries !!!

  10. B.... ....

    Just a GREAT song, period!

  11. s.... r....

    i walked outa my job bout a week ago

    s.... r....

    +sophia rozaia - i don't blame you, i know for me, i ain't gonna work on maggies farm no more

    s.... r....

    Hopefully you aren't on welfare.

  12. s.... ....

    On this day in 1966 {March 25th} Buck Owens & the Buckaroos appeared in a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City...
    At the time Buck & the Buckeroos' "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line" was in its sixth of seven weeks at #1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart...
    It was also the ninth in a string of fourteen straight #1* records on the Hot Country Singles chart...
    Sadly, exactly forty years later on March 25th, 2006 Alvis Edgar 'Buck' Owens, Jr. passed away at the age of 76...
    May he R.I.P.
    * "It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)" broke the string of #1 records, but not by much, for it peaked at #2...

  13. S.... O....

    Ain't know one like buck

  14. o.... ....

    There was only one Buck,damn he was so good

  15. C.... ....

    Buck was a unique American legend. The kind of music you can listen to all day.

  16. P.... L....

    Thanks for posting this video. Buck will be missed very much. He was pure country.