Dallas Frazier - I Just Got Tired of Being Poor lyrics

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(Dallas Frazier)

My life of trouble goes back to the candy

That I stole from Jesse Walker's country store

A penny seperated me from choosin' sides with honesty

I just got tired of being poor.

I remember Willie Jackson laughing

And talking bout the ragged clothes I wore

That's when Willie gotta taste of all my knuckles in his face

I just got tired of being poor.

Some folks eat their supper off the silver

And the only world they ever know is wealth

But I can't blame the rich folks for these big tall walls

This prison is the doin's of myself.

Freedom ran away from me at twenty-three

I broke the lock on one too many doors

My hungry hands would not behave

when they got close to things they craved

I just got tired of being poor.

Some folks eat their supper off the silver

And the only world they ever know is wealth

But I can't blame the rich folks for these big tall walls

This prison is the doin's of myself.

I just got tired of being poor...

Thanks to JB for correcting these lyrics