Poor Man's angel, Poor Man's wife
Gonna stick with you for the rest of your life
Don't go runnin' with a gamblin' Joe
Still be with you when you're old
One thing I'm never gonna really understand
Is why people listen to a preacher man
Well, he preach about good and he preach about sin
Half of the kids in the county are his
Poor Man's angel, Poor Man's wife
Gonna stick with you for the rest of your life
Don't go runnin' with a gamblin' Joe
Still be with you when you're old
Well, been in this jailhouse 65 days
I won this sentence when I lost that chase
Revenue man comin' after me
I lost 30 quarts of shine for one of gasoline
Poor Man's angel, Poor Man's wife
Gonna stick with you for the rest of your life
Don't go runnin' with a gamblin' Joe
Still be with you when you're old
I got a little babe by the mountain stream
I know she's waitin' there for me
When I get free I'm gonna ride like the wind
I'm never gonna leave her side again
Poor Man's angel, Poor Man's wife
Gonna stick with you for the rest of your life
Don't go runnin' with a gamblin' Joe
Still be with you when you're old