When You Lose Your Money Lyrics

Oh, Stagger Lee shot Billy
People, what about that?
'Cause Billy lost and tried to rip off
Stagger Lee's Stetson hat
But Billy was no outlaw
Let me tell you how he died
Begging for his life
But Stagger Lee could not let him slide

When you lose your money
You've got to chalk it up for dues
When you lose your money
Learn to lose

Now Billy's woman loved her man
And she loved her children, too
She's working hard both day and night
Just to bring her family through

Still she knows there's certain things
That the good Lord will decide
When she seen 'em carrying Billy home
Well, she broke right down and cried

When you lose your money
Good God, don't lose your mind
Because you took off after Easy Street
But you left your life behind
When you lose your money
You've got to chalk it up for dues
When you lose your money
Learn to lose

So now the judge said to Stagger Lee,
"Don't you worry about a thing
Because we intend to carry out the law
Before we see you hang."

So Stagger Lee just told the truth
When they put him on the stand
Well, he laughed right in the jury's face
And said, "You better kill men while you can."

When you lose your money
You ought to chalk it up for dues
When you lose your money
Learn to lose
Now Bobby Seale said Stagger Lee
Is just a brother off the block
Whose actions had to speak for him
'Cause he couldn't relate to talk

Now listen all you millionaires
There's one thing that I know
If he ever gets his s*** together
Some of you gonna have to go

When you lose your money
You ought to chalk it up for dues
When you lose your money
When you lose your money
When you lose your money
Learn to lose

When you lose your money
When you lose your money
When you lose your money
Learn to lose