Everlast - What It's Like - Whitey Ford Sings the Blues

We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for
your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full
of main
He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame
in his eyes
"Get a job you f*cking slob," is all he replies

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to
sing the blues

Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom that said
he was in love
He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll
I'm the man you've been dreaming of."
But 3 months later he say he won't date her or
return her calls
And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man I'm
cuttin' off his balls!"

And then she heads for the clinic and
she gets some static walking through the door
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner
and they call her a whore
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to
have to choose

Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...

I've seen a rich man beg
I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry
I've seen a loser win
And a sad man grin
I heard an honest man lie

I've seen the good side of bad
And the downside of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden cup
And smoked the finest green

I stroked the fattest dimes at least a couple of
times
before i broke their heart
You know where it ends, yo, it usually depends on
where you start

I knew this kid named Max
who used to get fat stacks out on the corner with
drugs
He liked to hang out late
he liked to get sh*t-faced and keep the pace with
thugs
Until late one night there was a big old fight and
Max lost his head
He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some sh*t,
and wound up dead

Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of
all of this pain
You know it comes that way
at least that's what they say when you play the
game

God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the
news
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to
have to lose

Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...to have
to lose

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