When The Welfare Turns Its Back On You
Albert Collins * Track #2 On Ice Pickin’
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When The Welfare Turns Its Back On You by Albert Collins
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“When The Welfare Turn it’s back On You” it’s the 2nd song off Albert Collin’s Album Ice Pickin'.
In a light mood, the singer tells a story about a person that probably spent too much money and now it’s turning to Welfare, social security, in hope to get some money to eat.
On the second verse, Alb...
When The Welfare Turns Its Back On You Lyrics
[Chorus]
Now what you gonna do, when the welfare turn it's back on you?
Now what you gonna do-hoo-hoo-hoo, when the welfare turn it's back on you
Now, you be standin' there stranded
Ain't ain't a thing that you can do
[Verse 1]
Now you look all through your house
Yes, you can't find a piece of bread
Now you look all through your hou-hou-house
Yeah, you can't find a piece of bread
Sometime you begin to wonder
If you be better off, better off dead
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
You go down to the welfare
Give 'em one, two report
Something they sellin' you
Will surely get your goat
If you tell 'em you sick
You better have a bad cough
'Cause if you don't
They be ready to throw you off
[Chorus]
What you gonna do, when the welfare turns it's back on you?
You be standin' there stranded
There ain't a thing, there ain't a thing you
There ain't a thing-hing-hing-hing-hing
That you can do