From the recording The Cost of Everything and the Value of Nothing
Lyrics
Times are harder than ever before
You pay 'em one bill and they send you ten more
If you're a good man
I guess you understand
I've got these blues , I got 'em so damn bad
It seems like the luck I've had has all been bad
If you're a good man
I guess you understand
I tell ya one thing if troubles was gold
I'd have more money than my pockets got holes
If you're a good man
I guess you understand
I got to the store and I can't afford no bread
The tanks half empty and I ain't got no cigarettes
If you're a good man
I guess you understand
Lord tell me, Lord tell me why
So many good people have to lay down and die
If you're a good man
I guess you understand
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Matt Cox/ASCAP