Dust Bowl

I should know to leave them home

They follow me through the store

with these toys I can't afford

"Kids, take them back, you know better than that"

Dolls that talk, astronauts, TV games, airplanes,

they don't understand and how can I explain?

I try and try but I can't save

Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away

I've tried and tried but I can't save

My youngest girl has bad fever, sure

All night with alcohol

tryin' to cool and to rub her down

Ruby, I'm tired, I'm tired, try and get some sleep.

I'm adding doctor's fees to remedies

to the cost of three day's work lost

I try and try but I can't save

Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away

I've tried and tried but I can't save

The hole in my pocketbook is growing

"There's a new wind blowing" they say,

it's gonna be a cold, cold one

So brace yourselves my darlings,

'Cause it won't bring anything much our way

but more dust bowl days

I played a card in this weeks game

Took the first and the last letters

in three of their names

This lottery's been building up for weeks

I could be lucky me with the five million prize,

tears of disbelief spilling out of my eyes

I try and try but I can't save

Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away

I've tried and tried but I can't save

The hole in my pocketbook is growing.

"There's a new wind blowing" they say,

it's gonna be a cold, cold one

So brace yourselves my darlings,

'Cause it won't bring anything much our way

But more dust bowl days