Yesterday was a very nice day indeed

I got up out of bed went outside and brushed my teeth

Put on dirty clothes and go back to work

I got to make the money to give the money away at the rich man's store

I lived on a place they call South Front Street

It ain't on a map you couldn't me if you tried

We've got a horse a train and a garden in the back yard

It's a rotten paradise at times i think i'm gonna die

Cause they try to drag me down

But i get back up, i get back up again

Here comes the power man with the water man by his side

Looks like the telephone man gave them a ride

They killed my house and left me this way

I bought a kerosine lanter and baby you know i don't bath

Cause they try to drag me down but i get back up again