Workin' real hard in the heart of the city
Noonday sun feelin' hot and sweaty
Tryin' to make my pay tryin' to make my monthly rent
Workin' real hard for the U S dollar
Livin' real poor gonna make me holler
I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do
I was raised up on the corner in front of a grocery store
Shinin' shoes with the daily news for two bits on the floor
But given the chance I'd go back to the days of a simpler time
Cause this ol' world's gone crazy and I'm about to lose my mind
Workin' real hard in the heart of the city
Noonday sun feelin' hot and sweaty
Tryin' to make my pay tryin' to make my monthly rent
Workin' real hard for the U S dollar
Livin' real poor gonna make me holler
I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do
My brother drives delivery right down on Dauphine Street
Had a little house by the railroad track, kinda small but it was neat
The police came and got him for robbin' a liquor store
And even though he didn't do it they got what they came for
Workin' real hard in the heart of the city
Noonday sun feelin' hot and sweaty
Tryin' to make my pay tryin' to make my monthly rent
Workin' real hard for the U S dollar
Livin' real poor gonna make me holler
I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do
It's a poor man who's life is bittersweet
Doesn't wanna lose that good thing that he's got
But that same ol' government who pays you every week
Will come and take your home away and put you in the street
Drum Solo: ? ? ? ?
Workin' real hard in the heart of the city
Noonday sun feelin' hot and sweaty
Tryin' to make my pay tryin' to make my monthly rent
Workin' real hard for the U S dollar
Livin' real poor gonna make me holler
I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do
(repeat Chorus)
Charted by Dexex