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Artist: Brownie McGhee
Canonical path: /brownie-mcghee/poor-man-but-a-good-man
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Poor Man But a Good Man
Read Poor Man But a Good Man lyrics by Brownie McGhee on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Poor Man But a Good Man
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I helped you baby, you couldn't help yourself
Now, you on your feet, helpin' somebody else
I'm a poor man, but a good man, been treated wrong
She walked off and left me, she didn't say a word
Wasn't nothin' she knowed, but somethin' she heard
I'm a poor man, but a good man, been treated wrong
If you don't b'lieve me, people, wait a right round and see
Somebody gonna mistreat you, like you mistreated me
I walked down to the station, i looked up on the wall
My money was too light, i didn't go nowhere at all
I'm a poor man, but a good man, been treated wrong
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Brownie McGhee performs "Poor Man But a Good Man", and this lyric page sits inside the Brownie McGhee catalog on LyroVerse.
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