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The Welfare (Turns Its Back on You)
Robert Cray
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Now what you gonna do
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When welfare turn their back on you
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What you gonna do, yeah
When welfare turn their back on you
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You'll be standing there stranded
And there won't be a thing you can do
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Now you look all through your house, yeah
Yes, you can't even find a piece of bread
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You look all through your house, I know you do
Yes, you can't even find a piece of bread
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And sometimes you begin to wonder, yeah
Yes, if you ain't better off, you ain't better off dead
Lord have mercy
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You have to go down to the welfare
Every month to report
And some of the things they'll say to you
Will sure enough get your goat
If you tell them that you're sick
You better have a bad cough, Lord have mercy
'Cause if you don't, they'll be ready to throw you off
I know they will
What you gonna do, Lord have mercy
When welfare turn their back on you
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Yeah, you'll be standing there stranded
Yes, there ain't a thing that you can do
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