My days with poor men Live lives a strugglin' Wouldn't keep their heads bent Just to take what they could get My days of long lives Of hard times And sacrifice My days in more than just revive And I'm proud to be from The salt in the earth Some people call me a poor girl But when I get to heaven I'm 'a shake the hands of the poor men, poor men My days with poor men Up at 4 AM And late to bed, Thank God is with me still My days been sacrifice And paid the price And did the time To live the good life And I'm proud to be from the salt in the earth Some people call me a poor girl But, when I get to heaven I'm 'a shake the hands of the poor men, poor men And when I get to heaven, I'm 'a shake the hands of the poor men, poor men Whoa... up in heaven are all the poor men I'm gonna shake their hands I'm gonna shake their hands And I'm proud to be from the salt of the earth Some people call me a poor girl But when I get to heaven When I get to heaven When I get to heaven When I get to heaven When I get to heaven I'm 'a shake the hands of the poor men, poor men And when I get to heaven I'm 'a shake the hands of the poor men, poor men Poor Men