You bartered for love in Bakersfield
You made a deal and you copped a feel
Isn’t it true?
The finest tuition money could bring
In the spring, the chamber choir
They’d sing for you
And your poster was hung proud
You said your name and you said it loud
But luxury disappeared in a cloud
And locked you out
Oh, you’re not rich anymore
Fancy clothes scattered along the floor
Oh, the future’s so unsure
And you realize you still have to worry
About the wolf at the door
Oh, what’s it like to be poor?
Of the future, oh, you’re so unsure
You threw a penny into the well
A fear to quell, keep you out of hell
But it didn’t work
The mumbling men invite you in
Sippin’ gin in the solid oak den, with wide grins
And hollow smirks
Where do they reside, the ones who decide?
Who gets to hide and who’s taken for a ride?
They write the checks and they play with your pride
No one cares that they lied
Oh, you’re not rich anymore
Fancy clothes scattered along the floor
Oh, the future’s so unsure
And you realize you still have to worry
About the wolf at the door
Oh, what’s in store?
You can’t exist where you once did before
Oh, there’s always someone plotting
With their thoughts of the score
Batten down the hatches
And secure the floors
Ain’t it hard when you realize
You still have to worry with the fear
Of the wolf at the door
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