Jerry Reed - There's Better Things In Life lyrics

Last night I slept in a hobo camp down south of Cairo Georgia About five miles out of town by the railroad track Well I eat their stew I drunk their brew and I smoked their stale tobacco I stood up to their open fire and I warmed my back And in the meantime me and this one particular hobo we struck up a conversation And I'm sure he must have noticed my surprise When he told me how his old man died and left him sole heir to a million dollars And how he gave it all away and he chose a hobo's life Because he said son there's better things in life Well there's some things gold and silver just can't buy He said boy I'd rather sleep here on this dry creek bed With a wrinkled up overcoat to pillow my head Than fight that livin' high up on the hog Tryin' to keep ahead till my head's in a fog Son there's better things in life than growing ulcers over money There's better things in life Sing children hey da da da da da da da da... Well I left Georgia got me a job in Opelika Alabama Workin' for a man who drove me hard and he paid me cheap yes he did Well I watched this poor fool work so hard tryin' to make that almighty dollar That he had to live on pills from a d**tore down the street Now like last spring when income tax came due he just sat around for days and worried Losing good sleep tryin' to figure how to cheat the government yes he did He worked so hard that his nerves collapsed and he woke up inside Central State Hospital And on his taxes he got back fourteen dollars and some few cents So let me tell you friends there's better things in life Well there's some things gold and silver just can't buy Because now he's laying out flat on his back on the bed His nerves all shot and he's out of his head That hospital bill that'll make him holler When he sees what he spent tryin' to save himself a dollar Son there's better things in life than growing squirelly over money There's better things in life Sing children sing da da da da da da da da...