Tough Luck - Joey George

Frankie was a working man, only thing he knew

Foreman on the fence gang, mud caked in his shoes

7:30, hurry off in his pick-up truck

Cigarettes on the dashboard, coffee in his cup

Then he hurt his back, he couldn't work again

Operations, Compensation, and Frankie's still in pain

[Chorus]
TOUGH LUCK, Mr. and Mrs. Grey
Blue collar, white collar, make the same mistake

Tough Luck, soon you have to pay
You holler, I holler, the dollar walks away

Sheila is a secretary, two kids clean her house
She's been selling Avon since she lost her spouse
He went back to the racetrack, a dream they could have shared
He was so in love with his Thunderbird
So they called in a referee to make the final break
Lawyer made it neat and clean, took his dirty take
Saying:

[Repeat Chorus]

Billy bought a brand new car, put his number down
Moved into a house on the lofty side of town
Rec room, bar, ate caviar, had parties in the pool
Suburban ruse with nothin' to lose, Billy was looking cool
Borrowed money made him soft and he could not keep It up
A romance with his creditors, they never get enough

[Repeat Chorus]

Helen's getting up in years, no one to call her own
She's looking through a window of tears since she lost her home
When you go to visit her its enough to origin you down
She thinks the Catholic Church is running her out of town
Every other Friday she collects a welfare check
She takes it out of her bank account when she pays her rent

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