All my life I've been so poor I don't know what to do
I go from sun up to sun down my work is never through
The children don't go out to play like they used to before
And the chickens are to scared to lay cause the wolf is at the door
Hey Hey Hey he's tryin to get in
He's scratchin and a puffin and he's has that hungry grin
I'm too hard up to own a dog or buy a forty four
So I'll just pray to the Lord above while the wolf is at the door
The landlord comes around a week before the rent is due
I haven't paid my taxes yet to internal revenue
My wife has to borrow sugar from the neighbor's wife next door
We have no heat and the lights are out and the wolf is at the door
Hey Hey Hey he's tryin to get in
He's scratchin and a puffin and he's has that hungry grin
I'm too hard up to own a dog or buy a forty four
So I'll just pray to the Lord above while the wolf is at the door
He almost got red riding hood and now he's after me
And the walls are gettin deeper in this house of poverty
I just peeked through the keyhole and saw another guy
The only thing that kills me now is m.o.n.e.y
Hey Hey Hey he's tryin to get in
He's scratchin and a puffin and he's has that hungry grin
I'm too hard up to own a dog or buy a forty four
So I'll just pray to the Lord above while the wolf is at the door
I go from sun up to sun down my work is never through
The children don't go out to play like they used to before
And the chickens are to scared to lay cause the wolf is at the door
Hey Hey Hey he's tryin to get in
He's scratchin and a puffin and he's has that hungry grin
I'm too hard up to own a dog or buy a forty four
So I'll just pray to the Lord above while the wolf is at the door
The landlord comes around a week before the rent is due
I haven't paid my taxes yet to internal revenue
My wife has to borrow sugar from the neighbor's wife next door
We have no heat and the lights are out and the wolf is at the door
Hey Hey Hey he's tryin to get in
He's scratchin and a puffin and he's has that hungry grin
I'm too hard up to own a dog or buy a forty four
So I'll just pray to the Lord above while the wolf is at the door
He almost got red riding hood and now he's after me
And the walls are gettin deeper in this house of poverty
I just peeked through the keyhole and saw another guy
The only thing that kills me now is m.o.n.e.y
Hey Hey Hey he's tryin to get in
He's scratchin and a puffin and he's has that hungry grin
I'm too hard up to own a dog or buy a forty four
So I'll just pray to the Lord above while the wolf is at the door