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Artist: Barclay James Harvest
Canonical path: /barclay-james-harvest/poor-boy-blues
Related lyric paths: 6
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Poor Boy Blues
Read Poor Boy Blues lyrics by Barclay James Harvest on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Poor Boy Blues
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It's Easy to See a Poor Boy's Blues
When He's Working Every Day
It's Harder to Be There in His Shoes
He Was Born to Be That Way
If I Tell You Tomorrow I'm Leaving
Would You Understand the Reason Why?
A Poor Boy Works Hard For His Living
But a Rich Man He Plays to Pass the Time
So Goodbye, Pleased to Know You
We Had Some Laughs Along the Way
But I Have to Be Leaving
And There's Nothing You Can Do to Make Me Stay
If I Tell You Tomorrow I'm Leaving
Would You Understand the Reason Why?
A Poor Boy Works Hard For His Living
But a Rich Man He Plays to Pass the Time
So Goodbye, Pleased to Know You
We Had Some Laughs Along the Way
But I Have to Be Leaving
And There's Nothing You Can Do to Make Me Stay
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Barclay James Harvest performs "Poor Boy Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Barclay James Harvest catalog on LyroVerse.
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