Welfare Boogie

Collecting on Friday
Collecting on Friday
The treasury keeper will drop me a line
We'll spend it by Monday
Tomorrow's a fun day
Panhandle on the road if the weather is fine

Come and sing the welfare boogie
Come with me
Oh, you know that it will fare me well

I'll find me a lady
I'll find me a lady
She'll cheat in the bottle and we'll double our pay
We'll save up our coupons
We'll save up our coupons
Trade them in for genuine Mexican pay

Come and sing the welfare boogie
Come with me
Oh, you know that it will fare me well

Well, my friend, you can plainly see
That the welfare boogie's doing fine by me

I got me a problem
A real social problem
I can't find employment for more than a week
You might think I'm sleazy
But you know it ain't easy
Finding employment's a job for a freak

Come and sing the welfare boogie
Come with me
Oh, you know that it will fare me well

But now I've been busted
The wrong guy had trusted
Well, they put me in jail
And they throw out the key
Things could have been better
But there's no regret
But my bread and my board
Gonna have to go for free

Come and sing the welfare boogie
Come with me
Oh, you know that it will fare me well