Penthouse Pauper (Album Version)

Now if I were a bricklayer

I wouldn't build just anything

If I was a ballplayer

I wouldn't play no second string

And if I were some jewelry baby

Lord I'd have to be a diamond ring

If I was a secret you know I would never be told

If I was a jug of wine

Lord my flavor would be plenty old

I could be 'most anything

But it got to be 24-karat solid gold

I'm the Penthouse Pauper I've got nothing to my name

I'm the Penthouse Pauper I've got nothing to my name

I can be 'most anything

'Cause when you got nothin' it's all the same

If I was a gambler you know I'd never lose

And if I were a guitar player

I'd have to play the blues

If I was a hacksaw

Hatchet

My blade would be razor sharp

If I were a politician I could prove money could talk

You can find the tallest building

Lord you know I'd have the house on top

I'm the Penthouse Pauper I've got nothing to my name

I'm the Penthouse Pauper I've got nothing to my name

I can be 'most anything

'Cause when you got nothin' it's all the same