I got a dollar in my pocket,
a two dollar short for a three dollar gallon of gas
Man, I used to have money but I spent it all
on a whole bunch of stuff that don't last
I got some on my left, some on my right,
I got some down on the floor
Baby, I don't wanna live my
he's sittin' on the corner
He says that her friend will work for him
Put on the back of his cardboard sign
He's got a kid on his left, a kid on his right
He ain't seen him since the war
Baby, he don't wanna live that old life
I ain't never sold a handkerchief,
never wore a uniform shipped out overseas
It'd have been worth not for those who had
there wouldn't be no you and me
We're dying on the left, dying on the right,
but we still don't know what for
Baby, we don't want to live
I used to think that making
money wasn't exercising great
A man taking care of his own family's
about the best thing he can be
I got a kid on my left, a kid on my right,
I got another one in the store
Baby, I don't want to live my whole life
I don't want to live my whole life
I don't want to live this whole life
I don't want to live my whole life anymore
