Poor Man Blues (Album Version)

Poor Man Blues (Album Version) - Jamey Johnson

Rich man's got his picture on the cover of a magazine

There's a pampered life with a trophy wife and his long black limousines

He's got all the money in the whole wide world and toys he'll never use

But he don't know a damn thing 'bout when a poor man gets the blues

Rich man thinks his shoes are made to walk wherever he wants

From the top of all them high rise buildings to the bottom of the honkytonks

He'll step on everything in between but he won't walk a mile in my shoes

And he don't know a damn thing 'bout when a poor man gets the blues

He thinks his money rules the world and he don't give a damn

'Bout a low class backwoods country boy from deep south Alabama

He uses folks like me just to keep his sorry a** amused

Well son you'd better watch your back when a poor man gets the blues

Rich man waltzed right into her life swept her off her feet

For all his fame and his fortune Lord knows I couldn't compete

When he took her love away from me I had nothin' else to lose

So I taught that rich man just what happens when a poor man gets the blues

He thinks his money rules the world and he don't give a damn

'Bout a low class backwoods country boy from deep south Alabama

He uses folks like me just to keep his sorry a** amused

Well son you'd better watch your back when a poor man gets the blues