The latest news Has struck me funny Says you have no friends If you haven't got money
And all of us Good folks are in distress But I'm gonna get something off my chest 1932 won't be long And when you place your vote Please don't vote wrong Vote away those blues Those breadline blues
It's the rich man's job To make some rules In order to rid Our breadline blues
Now listen here folks And it ain't no joke We've got to do something Or we're all gonna croak
We can't get a job We've all been robbed We've got no money And the corn's all cobbed
We've nothing but the blues The breadline blues
If we had state rights I leave it to you We could all have safe and better home brew Said the long earred mule Standing over the box To the big mouthed elephant "You drink like an ox" You had eight years Proved nothin' but a curse Instead of making it better Gettin' worse and worse Said the long earred mule "I ain't no fool"
The elephant said To the long earred mule Well shut your mouth You've never been to school Well the mule said "Elephant it ain't no joke" We better do something Or we're all gonna croak We're struggling to keep our head Above water But we're drowning in debt From the government order
It's the same old blues Those breadline blues
The latest news Has struck me funny Says you have no friends If you haven't got money
And all of us Good folks are in distress But I'm gonna get something off my chest 2008 won't be long And when you place your vote Please don't vote wrong Vote away those blues Those breadline blues.