The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)

My father told me, lying on his bed of death

"Boy," he says, "Woman she's gonna make it, don't fool your self

'Cause she's got something to make a man lay that money, uh, right in her hand

And the very thing that makes her rich will make you poor"

The very thing that makes her rich will make you poor

That's right

Well, I put you behind the wheel of a deuce and a quarter, yes I did

Had you living like a rich man's daughter, yes I did, I sure did

While you were living high on the hog

You had me down here scuffling like a dog

Well, the very thing that make you rich make me poor

The very thing that make you rich make me poor

Don't you never ever make such a bad mistake

You know I'd rather climb into bed with a rattlesnake

Then to work hard every day, bringing that woman all my pay

The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

Made me so damn poor

The thing that makes her rich makes me poor

The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

Very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

Make me so damned poor, oh-oh, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no

Money won't change it, no-no