Out here selling my food stamps Just to make ends meet All the time I've let slip by Trying like hell to sleep All I've got in this life is a flat top and two left feet No streets of gold cause I've sold my soul But a man's gotta eat Come down off my mountain To a holler of thieves The copper wire that I've acquired Is laid out at my feet Moonshine takes the place of wine and working for dirty deeds If your tap ain't working ma'am I'm sorry a man's gotta eat Gotta few friends that made it Most left behind Crushed down in the coal mines Or OD'ed down the line Livin on pills and welfare Ain't too bad for me But the oxy's gone away now And a man's gotta eat Said the oxy's gone away now And a man's gotta eat