Last call for the poverty train
Last call for the poverty train
It looks good and dirty on shiny light strip
And if you don't get beat you got yourself a trip You can see the walls roar, see your brains on the floor Become God, become cripple, become funky and split Why was I born
No-no-no-no
whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no, no

Oh baby, I just saw the Devil and he's smilin' at me
I heard my bones cry,
Devil why's it got to be
Devil played with my brother,
Devil drove my mother
Now the tears in the gutter are floodin' the sea
Why was I born
No-no-no-no
whoa-oh no-no-no-no no no no, no

Oh baby, it looks good and dirty, them shiny lights glow
A million night tramps, tricks and tracks will come and go You're starvin' today
But who cares anyway
Baby, it feels like I'm dyin' now

I swear there's something better than
Getting off on sweet cocaine It feels so good
It feels so good
Gettin' off the poverty train
Mornin'...


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Poverty Train Lyrics as written by Laura Nyro

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    this is about the plight of the poor. People who have money care little for them and many are addicted to drugs.

    supernukeon August 08, 2011   Link
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    My Opinion

    Music is also inspired by our day-to-day existence. Usually, personal experience is a good theme in making a good song. So far, the economic system has quite a distance to go before you will see any serious recovery. Now, web based lending has grown leaps and bounds. Go ahead and do a little investigation to see the many brand new categories of loans accessible over the web. there are things such as bail bonds, to get people out of jail, right now already have some sort of underwriter willing to take on those varieties of loans, (See <a href="bailbondlenders.com/">BailBondLenders.com</a>). The net is definitely getting uncontrollably. Every person should really be mindful of those who are just saying spend spend.

    Herryon April 28, 2010   Link

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