Now me and my baby we talked late last night
An we talked for another hour
She wanted me to go down to the welfare store
And get a sack a-that welfare flour
But I told her, “No, baby
And I sure don't wanna go”
I said, “I'll do anything in the world for you
I don't wanna go down to that welfare store”
Now, you need to go get you some real white man
You know, to sign yo' little note
They give ya a pair of them king-toed shoes
I want no a-them pleat-back soldier coat
But I told her, “No, baby
And I sure don't wanna go”
I say, “I'll do anything in the world for ya
But I don't wanna go down to that welfare store”
President Roosevelt said on welfare people
“They gonna treat ev'ryone right”
Said, “They give ya a can of them beans
An a can or two of them old tripe”
But I told her, “No, baby
And I sure don't wanna go”
I say, “I'll do anything in the world for ya
But I don't wanna go down to that welfare store, now”
Well now, me an my baby we talked yesterday
An we talked in my backyard
She said, “I'll take care-a you, Sonny Boy
Just as long as these times stay hard”
An I told her, “Yeah, baby and I sure won't have to go”
I said, “If you do that for me
I won't have to go down to that welfare store”
An we talked for another hour
She wanted me to go down to the welfare store
And get a sack a-that welfare flour
But I told her, “No, baby
And I sure don't wanna go”
I said, “I'll do anything in the world for you
I don't wanna go down to that welfare store”
Now, you need to go get you some real white man
You know, to sign yo' little note
They give ya a pair of them king-toed shoes
I want no a-them pleat-back soldier coat
But I told her, “No, baby
And I sure don't wanna go”
I say, “I'll do anything in the world for ya
But I don't wanna go down to that welfare store”
President Roosevelt said on welfare people
“They gonna treat ev'ryone right”
Said, “They give ya a can of them beans
An a can or two of them old tripe”
But I told her, “No, baby
And I sure don't wanna go”
I say, “I'll do anything in the world for ya
But I don't wanna go down to that welfare store, now”
Well now, me an my baby we talked yesterday
An we talked in my backyard
She said, “I'll take care-a you, Sonny Boy
Just as long as these times stay hard”
An I told her, “Yeah, baby and I sure won't have to go”
I said, “If you do that for me
I won't have to go down to that welfare store”
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