Nellie Wilson The Broke Ass Blues lyrics

Well everybody 'round been askin' me
"Ol' Nellie why ya gotta frown a-down to your knee?"
The man's got me down, he won't let me
Drive my car around or use electricity
I ain't got no money not a single cent
And it's the 15th day that I've been late with the rent

Well, I scrounged up $7 to buy a pack
But cigarettes now cost fifty more cents than that
My man runs around and that's a fact
And that ain't no way for a man to act
Everything's goin' wrong and I can't pretend
Oh I'd like to talk but I can't find a friend


Well I know sentiment's always been that life's too short but it won't seem to end
Yeah life's too long I can't take anymore
Even breathin' has become a chore

I went to college for seven years and now I'm just a waitress slingin' beers
A single mom barely gettin' by
If I think too long I'll start to cry
If the best revenge is livin' well
Then what is livin' in this livin' hell?