He grew up just him and his poor mother No sweet sister, no rough and tumble brother His Dad was M.I.A. It happened in the usual way
But he didn't care A cub never needs a father bear His mother sufficed Taught him wrong from right
He had it all figured out He knew without a doubt He had watched the rich kids laugh and joke While in property he wallered and choked
So he studied hard and got good grades In college he didn't party, never went to any raves Got a corporate job, had a 3 figure income He had money to pay bills, buy cars and then some
He took care of his mom till she passed away He learned a great lessons on that rainy gray day Money couldn't stop his mom from dying Grown men where not above crying
The years quickly passed, he was married to his job To those less fortunate he was a snob On the streets he never gave the bums a secound look If they had only took a page out of his book
He thought money was the way to happiness Those he thought of as sad always had less He had forgot about the lesson of the stone with it's dashes Then the day came when the stock market crashes
He should of invested his time in a family Instead of that money tree For soon all his money was gone Things in his life was going all wrong His job disappeared, along with his home Soon on the streets he had to roam
Now he was one of the despised But on the streets he truly grew wise
Through hardship he found true friends The ones that would help you to no end For they know the pain of need There was never any thought of greed
He was astonishingly amazed That even with the poverty that he was grazed He was happier now Than chasing that cash cow
A good woman found him His future then didn't look so grim Years passed and they married Over thier rundown apartment threshold, her he carried Soon it was babies in his arms He truly knew now his vision of life had been wrong
Now he knew Where it was that happiness grew In the hearts of ones you loved and cared for Being rich or being poor was both a chore It's all just clatter Unless to someone else you matter