Welfare Line (Version 1)
by 
Jimmy Dawkins 
recording of 1976 
from 
Blisterstring (Delmark 641 ) 
I get up early in the morning, I'll be standin' at the welfare line 
I get up early in the morning, Lord, I'll be standin' at that welfare line 
I keep talkin' to my case worker, but the governor don't seem to pay me no mind, 
Lord, tell me what can I do? 
I see people ridin' in Cadillac's, my 
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seems like they're doin' alright 
I see people ridin' in big Cadillac's, my 
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seems like they're doin' alright 
But I wanna know, oh Lord, I need some food to make it through the night 
Everybody says it's gonna be alright after a while, I can't see 
I'm moaning the blues, Lord, they say it's gonna be alright after a while 
I can't feed my own like a baby child 
I see my caseworker, along the fourth time 
But for the next three years and a half and forty-four 
She don't pay no mind 
It seems like politics, politics, politics in a world of sin 
(That's why) early in the morning, I'll be standin' at that welfare line 
Early in the morning, it don't have to be Monday, any day I do 
I keep talkin' to my case worker, but the governor don't seem to pay me no mind 
Oh, I don't know what I'm gonna do 
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parts of lyrics unrecognizable, if you know them please mail me.