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How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live

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How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live은(는) 앨범에 수록된 곡으로 1959년 1월 1일일에 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records에서 발매되었습니다.Songs from the Depression

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앨범Songs from the Depression

발매일1959년 1월 1일

라벨Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records

멜로디에 강한 음악

어쿠스틱 악기 중심

발랑스

춤추기 좋은 음악

에너지

BPM193

개요

가사

뮤직 비디오

뮤직 비디오

크레딧

실연 아티스트

The New Lost City Ramblers

The New Lost City Ramblers

실연자

John Cohen

기타

Mike Seeger

보컬

Tom Paley

밴조

작곡 및 작사

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

작사가 겸 작곡가

Alfred "Blind" Reed

Alfred "Blind" Reed

작사가 겸 작곡가

가사

There once was a time when everything was cheap

But now prices nearly puts a man to sleep

When we pay our grocery bill

We just feel like makin' our will

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

I remember when dry goods were cheap as dirt

We could take two bits and buy a dandy shirt

Now we pay three bucks or more

Maybe get a shirt that another man wore

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Well, I used to trade with a man by the name of Gray

Flour was fifty cents for a twenty four pound bag

Now it's a dollar and a half beside

Just like a skinnin' off a flea for the hide

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Oh, the schools we have today ain't worth a cent

But they see to it that every child is sent

If we don't send everyday

We have a heavy fine to pay

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Prohibition's good if 'tis conducted right

There's no sense in shootin' a man 'til he shows flight

Officers kill without a cause

Then complain about funny laws

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Most all preachers preach for gold and not for souls

That's what keeps a poor man always in a hole

We can hardly get our breath

Taxed and schooled and preached to death

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Oh, it's time for every man to be awake

We pay fifty cents a pound when we ask for steak

When we get our package home

A little wad of paper with gristle and a bone

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Well, the doctor comes around with a face all bright

And he says in a little while you'll be all right

All he gives is a humbug pill

A dose of dope and a great big bill

Tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Written by: Alfred "Blind" Reed, Bruce Springsteen

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