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One of the patients we cared for was asked, "Why have you not seen a doctor in these past 40 years?"
He responded, "I'm too strong, and I'm too poor for all that."

lyrics

I was raised up down a long dirt road
On the wrong side of town

Mama she she loved me, she kiss and she hug me
She would’ve laid her body down

From the sun when it’s rising, to the big orange setting
she worked her fingers to the bone


CHORUS:
She’s (I’m) too strong and too poor
To come and lay her troubles down at your door

She’s (I’m) too strong and too poor
Come on and lay it down

Got my sea legs when I was 18
Hauling aircraft cross the sea

Weren’t no jobs in my old hometown
And uncle sam he wanted me

Now my back is aching, my skin’s all leathered now
I’m as heartsick as I could be

CHORUS

Came on back to the same old dirt road
Never taught we could hope for more

I found me a job,and no matter how I try
I’m just barely scraping by

But I met me a sweet girl, she called me her captain
Then I lost her when I lost my second son

CHORUS

Oh this world has bled me dry
I feel my body breaking now

I’ve had love, and I’ve lost my fare share
I didn’t waste my time crying

Now time is running thin for this old man
But I’m not too proud for dyin'

CHORUS

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from Another Home, released June 27, 2015
Vocals and lyrics- Nicky Bee
Vocals and Guitar- Blonde Davis

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