Po' Folks Lyrics - Faron Young

There's a whole lotta people lookin' down their noses at me 

Cause I didn't come from a wealthy family 

There was ten of us livin' in a two room shack 

On the banks of the river by the railroad track 

And we kept chickens in a pen in the back and everybody said we was po' folks 

My daddy was a farmer but all he ever raised was us 

Dug a forty foot well struck thirty-six gallons of dust 

Salvation Army gave us clothes to wear a man from the county came to cut our hair 

We lived next door to a millionare but that's how it is when you're po' folks 

We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world we sure was a hungry bunch 

And if the wolf would ever come to our front door he'd had to brought a picnic lunch 

My grandaddy's pension was a dollar and thirty-three cents 

That was ten dollars less than the landlord wanted for rent 

Oh the landlord's letters got nasty indeed he wrote get out but pa couldn't read 

And we was too broke to even pay heed and that's how it is when you're po' folks 

And that's how it is when you're po' folks 

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We was po' folks livin' in a rich folks world we sure was a hungry bunch 

And if the wolf would ever come to our front door he'd had to brought a picnic lunch 

But we had something in our house money can't buy 

Kept us warm in the winter and cool when the sun's high 

For whenever we didn't have food enough and the howling winds would get pretty rough 

We patched the cracks and set the table with love 

Cause that's how it is when you're po' folks and we wadn't nothin' but po' folks 

My mama and my papa was po' folks my sister and my brother was po' folks 

My dog and my cat was po' folks and that's how it is when you're po' folks 

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