Working Man Blues

Now you done spent all my 1940 rent

Woman, you done wrecked all my substitute

Now you done spent all my 1940 rent

Woman, you done wrecked all my substitute

Then if you don't wait till 1941

Oh, baby, I wonder what I'm gonna do

Now they oughta cut off so many trucks and tracks

White folks, you oughta work more mule than man

Now you oughta cut off so many trucks and tracks

White folks, you oughta work more mule than man

Then you know that will make

Oh boy, money get thick again

Now when a man gets together

You know he's turning stocks into fish

Now when a man gets together

You all know he's turning stocks into fish

He said go sell this corn and buy gas

Oh boy, and put it on the dish

Now I've been studying, I've been wondering

What make a man turn the ground in wintertime

Now I've been studying, I've been wondering

What make a man turn the ground in wintertime

You know that the snow and rain rot the grass

Oh boy, that make fertilizer for the ground

Now the governor's getting a school in Brownsville

Boy, you know I think that's very nice

Now the governor's getting a school in Brownsville

Boy, you know I think that's very nice

You know the children can go in the daytime

Oh boy, old folks have that night