yesterday was a very nice day indeed i got up out of bed went outside and brushed my teeth put on dirty clothes and go back to work i got to make the money to give the money away at the rich man s store i lived on a place they call south front street it ain t on a map you couldn t me if you tried we ve got a horse a train and a garden in the back yard it s a rotten paradise at times i think i m gonna die cause they try to drag me down but i get back up i get back up again here comes the power man with the water man by his side looks like the telephone man gave them a ride they killed my house and left me this way i bought a kerosine lanter and baby you know i don t bath cause they try to drag me down but i get back up again