Dust Bowl(Live Version) - Natalie Merchant

Dust bowl
I should know to leave them home
They follow me through the store with
These toys I can't afford
Kids take them back you know better than that
Dolls that talk astronauts t v games airplanes they don't understand and
How can I explain I try and try but I can't save
Pennies nickels dollars
Slip away
I've tried and tried but I can't save
My youngest girl has bad fever sure
All night with alcohol trying to
Cool and to rub her down
Ruby I'm tired try and get some sleep
I'm adding
Doctor's fees to remedies to the cost of three day's work lost
I try and try
But I can't save
Pennies nickels dollars slip away
I've tried and tried but
I can't save
The hole in my pocketbook is growing
There's a new wind blowing they say it's gonna be a cold cold one
So
Brace yourselves my darlings it won't bring anything much our way but more
Dust bowl days
I played a card in this weeks game
Took the first and the last letters
In three of their names
This lottery's been building up for weeks
I could be
Lucky me with the five million prize tears of disbelief spilling out of my
Eyes
I try and try but I can't save
Pennies nickels dollars slip away
I've
Tried and tried but I can't save
The hole in my pocketbook is growing
There's a new wind blowing they say it's gonna be a cold cold one
So
Brace yourselves my darlings it won't bring anything much our way but more
Dust bowl days