all i wanna see all i wanna hear is people dyin' screamin' full o' fear an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues
go tell ya mama tell ya daddy too they drove me crazy tellin' me the truth an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues
i had my share o' women got all i could drink liquor kept me swimmin' in my head to big too think an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues
the big man spends my money the big man lives it up he dont give me nuthin' he dont give me some just an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues
i sit around the table pray down on the floor swear i'm gonna go to war and suffer nevermore it's an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues i aint learned nuthin' but the poor me pitiful blues.