Well I can still remember the morning in September
On the day I turned 16
I had a brand new dress
And I guess that you can say that I was looking like
You know what I mean
My mama said girl I can see that you're a woman
There's something that I want you to know
I spent 27 years with a no account gambler
And we ain't got nothing to show
You got to get yourself a rich man
You got to marry you a rich man
You got to live your life if you wanna be a wife
I know you got to have love
But it's just as easy lovin' you a rich man
You got to get yourself a rich man
If you're a poor man's wife
You'll live a poor man's life
You can never get your hands on a dime
And you can sing the blues
And you can pay your dues
But you can never pay the rent on time
And you can look in the window
But you can't buy
You'll be wishing in the palm of your hand
But there ain't no reason for doing without
If you're married to the man who's got the dollar in his hand
And that's a rich man
You got to marry you a rich man
You got to shop around
And when you think you found the kinda fella you need
You know you better check and see if he's a rich man
You got to get yourself a rich man
Well I stop and think of all the places in the world
That I'd like to get a chance to see
Of all the brand new cars
And all the high class bars out in the world
Just a waitin' for me
Then I think about mama in her raggedy dress
Out in the kitchen working down on her knees
Then I made me a rule
That no destitute fool's going to ever put a ring on me
I'm going to get myself a rich man
I'm going to marry me a rich man
I'm going to look so fine
I'm going to take my time
I'm going to fish in the sea
I'm going to wait 'til I catch me a rich man
I'm going to get myself a rich man
I'm going to marry me a rich man
I'm going to get myself a rich man lord
I'm going to find me a rich man
I'm going to have me a rich man
I'm going to get myself a rich man
I'm going to find me a rich man
Yeah I'm going to have me a rich man
I'm going to find me a rich man