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Poverty Train
9,578
Rock
Poverty Train was released on March 3, 1968 by Columbia as a part of the album Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
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Release DateMarch 3, 1968
LabelColumbia
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM166

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro
Composer
C. Callello
C. Callello
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
C. Callello
C. Callello
Producer
Stan Tonkel
Stan Tonkel
Engineer
Roy Segal
Roy Segal
Engineer

Lyrics

Last call for the poverty train
Last call for the poverty train
It looks good and dirty on shiny light strip
And if you don't get beat you got yourself a trip
You can see the walls roar, see your brains on the floor
Become God, become cripple, become funky and split
Why was I born
Whoa whoa no no no-no
Whoa whoa no no no-no
No no no no
Oh baby, I just saw the devil and he's smiling at me
I heard my bones cry devil why's it got to be
Devil played with my brother, devil drove my mother
Now the tears in the gutter are floodin' the sea
Why was I born
Whoa whoa no no no-no
Whoa whoa no no no-no
No no no no-oh
Oh baby it looks good and dirty them shiny lights glow
A million night tramps tricks and tracks will come and go
You're starvin' today but who cares anyway
Baby it feels like i'm dying now
I swear there's something better than gettin' off on sweet cocaine
It feels so good
It feels so good
Getting off the poverty train
Mornin'
Written by: Laura Nyro
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