by McKinley Morganfield

Had a sweet little girl, ran off, took her the baby boy.
People ain't that sad?
Whoa, I had a sweet little girl, the mother ran off took the baby boy.
Ain't that sad?
Whoa, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.
Ah, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.

I had money in the bank, got busted.
People ain't so sad?
Whoa, I had some money in the bank got busted.
People, people, ain't that sad?
But oh, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.
Ah, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.

I had a sweet little home, got drunk, burned it down.
People ain't so sad?
Oh, I had a sweet little home, got drunk, burned it down.
People ain't that sad?
Oh, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.
Oh, you can't spend what you ain't got.
You can't lose what you never had.