Welfare Line

I get up early in the morning
I’ll be standin' at the welfare line
I get up early in the morning
Lord, I’ll be standin' at that welfare line
I keep talkin' to my case worker
But the governor don’t seem to pay me no mind
Lord, tell me what can I do?
I see people ridin' in Cadilacs
My … seems like they’re doin' alright
I see people ridin' in big Cadilacs
My … seems like they’re doin' alright
But I wanna know
Oh Lord, I need some food to make it through the night
Everybody says it’s gonna be alright after a while
I can’t see
I’m moaning the blues
Lord, they say it’s gonna be alright after a while
I can’t feet my own like a baby child
I see my caseworker
Along the fourth time
But for the next three years and a half and forty-four
She don’t pay no mind
It seems like politics
Politics, politics in a world of sin
(that's why) early in the morning
I’ll be standin' at that welfare line
Early in the morning
It don’t have to be Monday
Any day I do
I keep talkin' to my case worker
But the governor don’t seem to pay me no mind
Oh, I don’t know what I’m gonna do