when the welfare turns it's back on you

now whatcha gonna do

when the welfare turn it's back on you?

whatcha gonna do

ye

when the welfare turn it's back on you?

you'll be standin' there stranded

and there won't be a thing you can do

now you look all through your house

yeah

yes

and you can't even find a piece of bread

you look all through your house

i know you do

yes

you can't even find a piece of bread

i sometimes begin to wonder

yeah

yes

if you'd be better off

be better off dead

lord have mercy

you have to go down to the welfare

every month to report

and some of the things they say to you

will sure enough get your goat

if you tell them that you're sick

you better have a bad cough

lord have mercy

cause if you don't

they'll be ready to throw you off

i know they will

whatcha gonna do

lord have mercy

when the welfare turns its back on you?

yeah

you'll be standin' there stranded

yes

and there ain't a thing that you can do