Lemon Pie Songtext
von Shemekia Copeland

Train left the station
I didn′t climb aboard
Price of the ticket was too much to afford
And I saw that politician
I know you know his name
Waving from the window of that gravy train

Lemon pie for the poor
Lemon pie for the poor
That's what we′re working for
I hope you weren't expecting more
Than a lemon pie for the poor

I'm hungry for a job
I′m hungry for a meal
I′m hungry for the good thing, I'm too proud to steal
I′m barely getting by
I'm doing this and that
While people up top keep getting fat


Lemon pie for the poor
Lemon pie for the poor
That′s what we're working for
I hope you weren′t expecting more
Than a little ol' piece of lemon pie for the poor

Don't you ever wonder why you just keep on running
When all you got′s a teeny-weeny, itty-bitty piece coming
Piece of lemon pie for the poor
Poor, poor, poor

Life is just a coal mine
You′re shafted everyday
The bossman must have never heard that, Lincoln freed the slaves
So you keep on working
Your face against the stone
While other get the steak, you get the bone

Lemon pie for the poor
Lemon pie for the poor
That's what we′re working for
Lemon pie for the poor
Lemon pie for the poor
Keep on scrub-a-rub-dubbing those floors
And I hope you weren't expecting more
Than a little ol′ piece of lemon pie for the poor, poor

Lemon pie for the poor, poor