Woodrow was a hard-workin' man of the world
Never saw him suffer a fool
I used to spend Summers ridin' round town with him
When I was a kid in school
One day downtown at the dimestore
A shiny new toy I did see
I told him "I want that!"
Woodrow looked down
This is what he said to me
He said you want in one hand
And shit in the other
And see which one fills up first
If you want something in this life you'd better work for it, Boy
Or nothing's all it's worth
Well, I never understood old Woodrow
Guess I was too young to see
That man had money that ain't never been spent
But he never would spend it on me
He'd say you want in one hand
And shit in the other
And see which one fills up first
If you want something in this life you'd better work for it, Boy
Or nothing's all it's worth
Well now I'm all grown up, got some kids of my own
They want everything that they see
But I smile and I pass down that wisdom that ole' Woodrow had passed to me
I say you want in one hand
And shit in the other
And see which one fills up first
If you want something in this life you'd better work for it, Boy
Or nothing's all it's worth
He'd say you want something in this life you'd better work for it, Boy
Or nothing's all it's worth
