In this whole world that we got today
who knows how it goes
you may rise but you may fall
that’s the way it rose
And him that gets may be him that gives
What you got will help
they say a rich man/ may lose his soul
by saving all that wealth
but it’s hell—it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –It’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell on the poor boy
in a world that don’t care
he keeps a wheel a rolling
but he don’t get nowhere you’ll find him in some bread line
or standin at that bar
that’s just some way of killing time
all around the world
but it’s hell—it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –It’s hell on the poor boy
You know he built this city
Every city on this earth
every dam /every bridge every church
and masons just his worth
he put that wall down in china
it was a mountain they was blocked
and some poor boy (got fooled ???????)
but it’s hell—it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –It’s hell on the poor boy
---
who knows how it goes
you may rise but you may fall
that’s the way it rose
And him that gets may be him that gives
What you got will help
they say a rich man/ may lose his soul
by saving all that wealth
but it’s hell—it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –It’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell on the poor boy
in a world that don’t care
he keeps a wheel a rolling
but he don’t get nowhere you’ll find him in some bread line
or standin at that bar
that’s just some way of killing time
all around the world
but it’s hell—it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –It’s hell on the poor boy
You know he built this city
Every city on this earth
every dam /every bridge every church
and masons just his worth
he put that wall down in china
it was a mountain they was blocked
and some poor boy (got fooled ???????)
but it’s hell—it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –it’s hell on the poor boy
It’s hell –It’s hell on the poor boy
---
| AndyJ (Oregon) | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 11:59 Nice combination of songs... Like the flow... Thanks RP |
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 23:38 I've been poor, and I've been rich, and I've been poor again. Rich is better. |
| kipperlayton | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 13:54 Great to hear this song again again. Thanks RP. This was a gem of an album for me and all my Nashville buddies back in the late '90's. He wasn't too far away in Knoxville back then, so we got to see this live a few times. Great times, great band. |
| bluecshells | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 13:50 Thanks RP! |
| drivingunit103 (around the 4 western provinces) | Posted: May 23, 2012 - 07:25 ...oo yaa |
| ckcotton (Adding snarky comments since 2007) | Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 09:10 .... wow..... does it ever end?....... |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 16:17 Kenny Vaughan on lead? Whoever—pretty durn good. |
| amoreena (west whatnot) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 09:49 Sweet, salty and sexy. Yum. Yum. Yum. |
| SmileOnADog (Arizona) | Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 20:55 OK, I'll say it. Kevin "Mr. Six" Bacon. |
| sbegf (Manchester, Maryland) | Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 12:06 helgigermany wrote: Never heared this artist before. Very nice tune! Same here...love RP for that...and agreed, very enjoyable. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Apr 08, 2011 - 06:05 Never heared this artist before. Very nice tune! |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 10:12 George_Tirebiter wrote: Hard not to tap your feet.... Tappin' away, right enough. I just lurve bare-bones blues-rock. 8 from the Nottingham jury. |
| nalle (Malmo, Sweden) | Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:57 Frater_Kork wrote: The distorted violins made me think of early ELO. Like it enough for a 7 for now. Tror att jag tar ner den med 2 till 5. |
| George_Tirebiter (Phoenix) | Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:53 Hard not to tap your feet.... |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 07:54 His voice to me sounds like what Bob Dylans voice was probably like when he was about 12 |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 07:28 The distorted violins made me think of early ELO. Like it enough for a 7 for now. |
| TanteJensen (one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 07:27 radiojunkie wrote: I'd have to hear a heck of a lot more of him—and be a lot more impressed—to put R.B. on the same level as Knopfler. Mark: Don't worry. Situation isn't dire. Yes. It's straight. |
| TanteJensen (one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 07:26 lanewbie wrote: You mean Voldemort? DON'T SAY THE NAME! |
| Brads_Friend | Posted: Aug 29, 2008 - 20:44 This is an awesome song on an awesome album!!! And RB is one of the most talented artists out there today. His music, his poetry and just his stage presence makes for a great show for anyone fortunate to see him. |
| Shawneeo (Baton Rouge, La.) | Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 09:16 What a find. This is more then 10 years old. Love it. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 09:13 Wow. These guys sure know how to stretch out a coda... |
| lanewbie | Posted: Apr 28, 2008 - 21:32 araja wrote: Based on the cover photo, it looks like there is only about three degrees of separation between rb and you-know-who.
You mean Voldemort? |
| araja (Oz) | Posted: Mar 28, 2008 - 09:37 Based on the cover photo, it looks like there is only about three degrees of separation between rb and you-know-who. |
| Leslie (Antioch, CA) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 10:14 Does anybody have this album? Is this song indicative of the rest of the music on the album? |
| loversclub (cologne germany) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 10:12 steve gibbons ? down in the bunker ? nice |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 22:33 DownHomeGirl wrote: Cool. I like RB. He's a bit derranged but that makes him more fun to talk to.
Deranged? Ah, let's just say Brother Morris is a mite bit eccentric. Together with Jeffrey Steele he has that certain poetical combination which works for me. |
| Aud (lost in lakecity) | Posted: Jul 20, 2007 - 22:28 seagreentay wrote: jeezo will this never end?
Yeah, he sure could use a lyricist. It's hell listening to repetition |
| OCDHG (...fruit flies like a bananna) | Posted: Dec 08, 2005 - 20:31 Cool. I like RB. He's a bit derranged but that makes him more fun to talk to. |
| winter (hither and yon (mostly yon)) | Posted: Oct 11, 2005 - 07:11 trekhead wrote: I think this describes the Guatamalan Insanity Pepper salsa ON the sandwich.
mmm...insanity peppers.....aaaggh |
| willmcnaught (Eugene Oregon) | Posted: Apr 17, 2005 - 10:31 Roverfish wrote: Mark Knopfler, you've been warned.
Commenting on your profile Roverfish--I wonder if the Native Americans of the Tucson area said the same thing when the white man showed up! Good stuff. |
| radiojunkie (a sleepy bordertown (NY/CT)) | Posted: Apr 02, 2005 - 17:33 Roverfish wrote: Mark Knopfler, you've been warned.
Good stuff. I'd have to hear a heck of a lot more of him--and be a lot more impressed--to put R.B. on the same level as Knopfler. Mark: Don't worry. Situation isn't dire. |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | Posted: Feb 02, 2005 - 19:41 Mark Knopfler, you've been warned. Good stuff. |
| trekhead | Posted: Oct 22, 2004 - 11:05 I think this describes the Guatamalan Insanity Pepper salsa ON the sandwich. |
| JokesandJokesandJokes | Posted: Aug 24, 2004 - 12:03 mrparker wrote: Very Nice. I'd take this ride anytime. :)
Sounds sexy Rollin Rollin Rollin |
| mrparker (seattle, wa) | Posted: Aug 24, 2004 - 10:25 Very Nice. I'd take this ride anytime. :) |
