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I Told You I Was Poor Lyrics by Skeleton Staff

Psychomorphism

2011

[Intro]
She just appeared one afternoon
This babe of wealth and breeding who had sucked the chrome from off a silver spoon
Could I (give her the life)
She'd been used to (poor piteous fool)

I never asked her to
I never wanted to
She just rolled in
Like I was Poland back in World War II

She made her estimate
She didn't hesitate
To take my hard-earned scratch
And splash it around the town

I told her from the beginning
That there weren't enough to go 'round!

[Verse]
Yeah

Oh, don't you want me to
Appear the best for you
I simply can't walk through
Double Bay in these old shoes

Now there's a bag to match
And there's the gloves and hat
And baby this platinum bracelet
Goes so well with that

I'm sure you'll agree
How good this looks on me
I simply can't leave without buying this bi-kini

When I step outside
This changing room you'll see

Her father cut
Her credit line
But that won't stop her from spending all of mine

I might be soft
I might be weak
But I can't get a word in
Every time I try to speak

[Chorus]
I told you I was poor
I told you I was poor
But now my pocket's empty you don't want me anymore

And how was I to know
That I'd been taken by a pro
Who had the meter
Always running over time

Now my wallet's spent
You've got your fingers
On the next one in line

[Verse 2]
And if you deal for me
I'm gonna deal for you
I might just get you backstage entry
When we see U2

The seats are in demand
So come on pay the man
I heard the tickets for the skybox only cost two grand

I know some things
From book learnings
But I can't manage these
Bloody purse strings

I make a fuss
But don't earn much
I certainly can't finance no society slut

[Chorus]
I told you I was poor
I told you I was poor
But now my pocket's empty you don't want me anymore

And how was I to know
I'd gone and hooked up with a
Pro who had the meter
Always running over time

Now my wallet's spent
You've got your fingers
On the next one in line

[Outro]
(Poor) I told you I was poor
(Poor) I told you I was poor
But now my pocket's empty you don't want me anymore

And how was I to know
That I'd been taken by a pro
Who had the meter
Always running over time

And now my wallet's spent
You've got your fingers
On the next one in line

But now that she's gone
I can't help thinking of her
All of the time
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Skeleton Staff

Skeleton Staff

About “I Told You I Was Poor” by Skeleton Staff

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"I Told You I Was Poor" appears on "Psychomorphism" in 2011.

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