Song Description
This song is about being rich and then losing everything due to circumstance. It is also trying to say, that with or without money, we are all really the same.
| Song Length |
3:35 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Blues - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Life, Luck/Coincidence |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I've been sitting on a sidewalk
Just begging for a meal
I once had me a million dollars
Can you imagine how I feel
Rich Man, Poor Man
We're all people just the same
Rich Man, Poor Man
It's not you I'm trying to blame
Well I once had my own chauffer
Who drove my limousine
The bank man come and took it
Man them boys is mean
Rich Man, Poor Man
We're all people just the same
Rich Man, Poor Man
It's not you I'm trying to blame
We've got rich men
And we've got poor men
Well we've got rich men
And we've got poor men
Rich Man, Poor Man
It's not you I'm trying to blame
Well I once had my own mansion
That overlooked the bay
But the tax man come and took it
He took everything away
Rich Man, Poor Man
We're all people just the same
Rich Man, Poor Man
It's not you I'm trying to blame
Well we've got rich men
And we've got poor men
Well we've got rich men
And we've got poor men
Rich Man, Poor Man
It's not you I'm trying to blame
Well, Rich Man, Poor Man
It's not you I'm trying to blame
Well, Rich Man, Poor Man
It's not you I'm trying to blame