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Welfare Store Blues
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Sonny Boy Williamson
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Now me an my baby we talked late last night
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An we talked for another hour
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She wanted me to go down to the welfare sto'
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And get a sack a-that welfare flour
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But I told her, 'No'
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'Baby an I sho' don't wanna go'
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I said, 'I'll do anything in the world for you
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I don't wanna go down to that welfare sto'
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Now, you need to go get you some real, white man
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You know, to sign yo' little note
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They give ya a pair of them king-toed shoes
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I want no a-them pleat-back, soldier coat
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But I told 'er, 'No'
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'Baby an I sho' don't wanna go
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I say, 'I'll do anything in the world for ya
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'But I don't wanna go down to that welfare sto'
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President Roosevelt said, on welfare people
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They gonna treat ev'ryone right
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Said, they give ya a can of them beans
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An a can or two of them old tripe
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But I told 'er, 'No'
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'Baby, an I sho' don't wanna go
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I say, 'I'll do anything in the world for ya
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'But I don't wanna go down to that welfare sto', now
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Well now, me an my baby we talked yesterday
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An we talked in my backyard
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She said, 'I'll take care-a you, Sonny Boy
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Just as long as these times stay hard'
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An I told her, 'Yeah, baby an I sho' won't have to go'
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I said, 'If you do that for me
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I won't have to go down to that welfare sto'.
Sonny Boy Williamson- "Bye Bye Bird" 196...
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