Welfare Line Songtext
von Jimmy Dawkins

Welfare Line


I get up early in the morning,
I′ll be standin' at the welfare line.
I get up early in the morning,
Lord, I′ll be standin' at that welfare line.
I keep talkin' to my case worker,
But the governor don′t seem to pay me no mind,
Lord, tell me what can I do?
I see people ridin′ in Cadilacs,
My ... seems like they're doin′ alright
I see people ridin' in big Cadilacs,
My ... seems like they′re doin' alright.
But I wanna know,
Oh Lord, I need some food to make it through the night.
Everybody says it′s gonna be alright after a while,
I can't see,
I'm moaning the blues,
Lord, they say it′s gonna be alright after a while,
I can′t feet my own like a baby child.
I see my caseworker,
Along the fourth time,
But for the next three years and a half and forty-four
She don't pay no mind.
It seems like politics,
Politics, politics in a world of sin.
(That′s why) early in the morning,
I'll be standin′ at that welfare line.
Early in the morning,
It don't have to be Monday,
Any day I do,
I keep talkin′ to my case worker,
But the governor don't seem to pay me no mind.
Oh, I don't know what I′m gonna do.