Dust Bowl

I should know to leave them home

They follow me through the store

With these toys I can't afford

Kids, take them back, you know better than that

Dolls that talk, Astronauts, TV games, airplanes

They don't understand and how can I explain?

I try and try but I can't save

Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away

I've tried and tried but I can't save

My youngest girl has bad fever, sure

All night with alcohol

Tryin' to cool and rub her down

Ruby, I'm tired, I'm tired, try and get some sleep

I'm adding doctor's fees to remedies

To the cost of three day's work lost

I try and try but I can't save

Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away

I've tried and tried but I can't save

The hole in my pocketbook is growing

"There's a new wind blowin'", they say

It's gonna be a cold, cold one

Brace yourselves my darlings

'Cause it won't bring anything much our way

But more dust bowl days

I played a card in this week's game

I took the first and the last letters

In three of their names

This lottery's been buildin' up for weeks

I could be lucky me with the five million prize

Tears of disbelief spillin' out of my eyes

I try and try but I can't save

Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away

I've tried and tried but I can't save

The hole in my pocketbook is growing

"There's a new wind blowing", they say

It's gonna be a cold, cold one

Brace yourselves my darlings

"There's a new wind blowing", they say

And it's gonna be a cold, cold one

Brace yourselves my darlings

'Cause it's gonna be a cold, cold one

"There's a new wind blowing", they say

And it's gonna be a cold, cold one

So brace yourselves my darlings

'Cause it won't bring anything much our way

But more dust bowl days