All my life I've been a poor boy, it's been hard to get a 
dime 
Everything I got I had to pay for it on time but that's 
all right 
Long as I got a toe hold, long as I got a piece of you 
Long as I got a toe hold, I can make it through 

Look here, I said I went to see a doctor, baby, talk 
about his malnutrition 
Now I don't try to be a fat man, I gotta look about my 
ambition, look here 
Long as I got a toe hold, long as I got a piece of you 
Long as I got a toe hold, I can make it through 

A li, li, li, li, li, li, li, li, toe hold 
A li, li, li, li, li, li, li, li, toe hold, hey 

So baby, if you're with me, let the whole world be 
against me 
I don't expect to ever get rich, I'm doin' fine, me 
diggin' a ditch, that's all right 
Long as I got a toe hold, long as I got a piece of you 
Long as I got a toe hold, I can make it through 

Ah, ooh, baby, ow, good God