High Inflation Blues

(album: I'm Sorry For You, My Friend - 1977)

Trying to make a living gets harder every day
By the time I see a dollar there's another bill to pay
I got a wife and family and the bills are piling high
These days it ain't easy for a working man to get by

I can't help but wonder
What a man's suppose to do
I got those hard breaking
Escalating high inflation blues

By the time I get to payday the money's already gone
Someone's eating chicken all I git are the bones
My wife needs a new coat the kids need clothes for school
We're all out of grocery's and it's Tuesday afternoon

Well, it could drive a man to drinking
But I can't afford the booze
I got those hard breaking
Escalating high inflation blues

The cost of living keeps going up and taxes ain't going down
I'm just treading water and trying not to drown
Mr Carter I know you're up there and I should could use a hand
So won't you please have mercy on a common working man

I just keep on trying
Doing all that I can do
I got those hard breaking
Escalating high inflation blues...