The Rich Man & The Poor Man-Tom Glazer

[ti:The Rich Man And The Poor Man] [ar:Tom Glazer] [al:Protest Songs Of America] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Rich Man & The Poor Man - Tom Glazer [00:05.93]There's just two kinds of people [00:08.15] [00:08.74]The sinner and the saint; [00:10.56] [00:11.43]There's one that gets and always got [00:14.25]While the other poor one ain't [00:16.13]Oh the rich man drives his Lincoln [00:19.01] [00:19.58]Past the red light with a grin [00:21.22] [00:22.17]And the poor man follows right behind [00:24.52] [00:25.21]In his little hunk of tin [00:26.82] [00:27.77]There's a motorcycle copper [00:29.75] [00:30.54]Following upon their trail; [00:32.61]Oh the rich man tears his ticket [00:35.08] [00:35.85]But the poor man goes to jail [00:37.49] [00:43.07]Oh the rich man takes the high road [00:45.78] [00:46.33]Anywhere that he may go [00:48.00] [00:48.78]But when the poor man's travelin' [00:51.05] [00:51.73]He must always take the low [00:53.41] [00:54.40]So if you're rich you'll travel [00:56.27] [00:56.95]Snug as peas are in the pod; [00:59.04] [00:59.75]Oh the rich man rides a cushion [01:01.68] [01:02.37]And the poor man rides the rods [01:04.39] [01:09.82]Oh the rich man when he's ailing [01:12.26] [01:13.02]Stays at home and calls the doc [01:14.92] [01:15.79]But the poor man has to go to work [01:18.51]Be in time to punch a clock [01:20.30] [01:21.17]The rich man takes his medicine [01:23.00] [01:23.74]Has his doctors and his nurse; [01:25.48] [01:26.05]So the rich man he gets better [01:28.18] [01:29.14]But the poor man he gets worse [01:30.96] [01:36.74]Oh the rich man steals a million [01:39.00] [01:39.94]From the bank that he controls [01:41.61] [01:42.44]While the poor man steals a loaf of bread [01:45.49]Or a penny's worth of rolls [01:47.07] [01:48.13]They take them to the courthouse [01:50.13] [01:50.86]One is laughing one's in tears; [01:52.47] [01:53.25]Oh the rich man gets an apology [01:55.44] [01:56.29]While the poor man gets ten years [01:58.45] [02:03.59]Oh the rich man gets a lawyer [02:06.35] [02:07.17]And the lawyer pleads his case [02:08.86] [02:09.82]While the poor man asks for sympathy [02:11.74] [02:12.44]But of that there is now trace [02:14.20] [02:15.19]So if you're rich don't worry [02:17.07] [02:17.81]But the poor must give up hope; [02:19.38] [02:19.95]Oh the rich man gets acquitted [02:22.27] [02:23.13]While the poor man gets the rope [02:25.00] [02:30.28]Oh the rich man when he kicks off [02:33.27] [02:33.81]Has a casket made of gold [02:35.60] [02:36.19]While the poor man has a wooden box [02:39.32]And his grave looks mighty cold [02:40.77] [02:41.81]The rich man gets a sermon [02:43.85] [02:44.52]But here's one thing that's sure [02:46.39] [02:47.15]When the rich man takes that last long ride [02:50.31]He's as much dead as the poor