It is a bad time to be poor, 'Cause we don't give a shit no more. If you want to go for help, don't look next door. The line's been drawn and staked outside.
I see to trying to lay the blame On the folks in charge who hide in shame For growing up with an open purse, And learning not about being alive.
Haven't I done enough to burn out? Haven't I been there to help out?
It is a bad time to be young. What's left to us can't be undone Without it riding on our backs When young and poor go hand in hand.
It is a bad time to be poor, And feeling winter through a crack in the door.