High Inflation Blues

Tryin' to make a livin' it's harder every day

By the time I see a dollar just another bill to pay

I got a wife and family and the bills are pilin' high

These days it ain't easy for a working man to get by

I can't help but wonder what a man suppose to do

I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues

By the time I get the payday the money's already gone

Someone's eatin' chicken all I git is the bones

My wife needs a new coat the kids need clothes to school

We're all out of grocery's and it's Tuesday afternoon

Well it could drive a man to drinkin' but I can't afford the booze

I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues

The cost of livin' keeps goin' up the taxes ain't goin' down

I'm just treadin' water to tryin' not to drown

Mr Courter I know you're up there and I should could use a hen

So won't you please have mercy on a common working man

I just keep on tryin' doin' all that I can do

I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues (yodel)