| Song | Poor Man's House |
| Artist | Patty Griffin |
| Album | Living With Ghosts |
| 作词 : Griffin | |
| You know you've done enough when every bone is sore | |
| You know you've prayed enough when you don't ask any more | |
| You know you're coming to some kind of understanding | |
| When every dream you've dreamed has passed and you're still standing | |
| Mama says god tends to every little skinny sheep | |
| So count your ribs and say your prayers and get to sleep | |
| Nothing is louder to god's ears than a poor mans sorrow | |
| Daddy is poor today and he will be poor tomorrow | |
| Hey that's the poor man's house | |
| Everybody get a look at the poor man's house | |
| Everywhere they went before must have turned them out | |
| And now they're living in a poor man's house | |
| There's nothing like poverty to get you into heaven | |
| They got a lot of wine and fish up there | |
| And the bread's unleavened | |
| They got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack | |
| Lots of missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs | |
| Daddy's been working too much for days and days | |
| He doesn't eat | |
| He never says much but | |
| I think this time it's got him beat | |
| It isn't that he isn't strong or kind or clever | |
| Your daddy's poor today | |
| And he will be poor forever | |
| Tey that's the poor man's house | |
| Those kids are living in a poor man's house | |
| They walk to school with the soles of their shoes worn out | |
| And come home in the evening to the poor man's house | |
| What are you chopping that wood for | |
| Why are you growing that corn | |
| Mama's sewing a brand new shirt and | |
| You're wearing the one that's torn | |
| I guess it's for some one elses kid who wasn't born | |
| In a poor man's house | |
| Hey take a look at that house | |
| Everybody we're living in a poor man's house | |
| Seems like everywhere we go they find us out | |
| Find out that we've been living in a poor man's house |
| zuò cí : Griffin | |
| You know you' ve done enough when every bone is sore | |
| You know you' ve prayed enough when you don' t ask any more | |
| You know you' re coming to some kind of understanding | |
| When every dream you' ve dreamed has passed and you' re still standing | |
| Mama says god tends to every little skinny sheep | |
| So count your ribs and say your prayers and get to sleep | |
| Nothing is louder to god' s ears than a poor mans sorrow | |
| Daddy is poor today and he will be poor tomorrow | |
| Hey that' s the poor man' s house | |
| Everybody get a look at the poor man' s house | |
| Everywhere they went before must have turned them out | |
| And now they' re living in a poor man' s house | |
| There' s nothing like poverty to get you into heaven | |
| They got a lot of wine and fish up there | |
| And the bread' s unleavened | |
| They got a lot of ears that heard a whip go crack | |
| Lots of missing toes and fingers and scars upon their backs | |
| Daddy' s been working too much for days and days | |
| He doesn' t eat | |
| He never says much but | |
| I think this time it' s got him beat | |
| It isn' t that he isn' t strong or kind or clever | |
| Your daddy' s poor today | |
| And he will be poor forever | |
| Tey that' s the poor man' s house | |
| Those kids are living in a poor man' s house | |
| They walk to school with the soles of their shoes worn out | |
| And come home in the evening to the poor man' s house | |
| What are you chopping that wood for | |
| Why are you growing that corn | |
| Mama' s sewing a brand new shirt and | |
| You' re wearing the one that' s torn | |
| I guess it' s for some one elses kid who wasn' t born | |
| In a poor man' s house | |
| Hey take a look at that house | |
| Everybody we' re living in a poor man' s house | |
| Seems like everywhere we go they find us out | |
| Find out that we' ve been living in a poor man' s house |