by McKinley Morganfield
Had a sweet little girl, ran off, took her the baby boy.
People ain`t that sad?
Whoa, I had a sweet little girl, the mother ran off took the baby boy.
Ain`t that sad?
Whoa, you can`t spend what you ain`t got.
You can`t lose what you never had.
Ah, you can`t spend what you ain`t got.
You can`t lose what you never had.
I had money in the bank, got busted.
People ain`t so sad?
Whoa, I had some money in the bank got busted.
People, people, ain`t that sad?
But oh, you can`t spend what you ain`t got.
You can`t lose what you never had.
Ah, you can`t spend what you ain`t got.
You can`t lose what you never had.
I had a sweet little home, got drunk, burned it down.
People ain`t so sad?
Oh, I had a sweet little home, got drunk, burned it down.
People ain`t that sad?
Oh, you can`t spend what you ain`t got.
You can`t lose what you never had.
Oh, you can`t spend what you ain`t got.
You can`t lose what you never had.