Down Now

<br>I keep on tryin` to get ahead, I`m doin` the best I can<br>But every time I try to pull up<br>They pull me right back down again<br>You got me down now and I hope you`re satisfied<br>Oh, it`s so hard to try to keep my head up<br>Yes, when you`re puttin` pressure on me<br>From every side, every side<br><br>Even Uncle Sam say<br>I owe a lot of money way back from nineteen fifty six<br>Now, how could I owe him anything<br>When that whole year I was sick<br>They won`t let me make my money<br>Won`t even let me buy my clothes<br>Oh, it`s so hard to get something to eat<br>Yes, and now they want to throw me outdoors<br>Throw me outdoors<br><br>Yes, everybody`s laughin` at me<br>I can see the joy in their eyes<br>They`re glad because I`m down now<br>Just look at the Devils in disguise<br>And I have no-one to turn to<br>No-one to lend me a helpin` hand<br>Oh, I`m tellin` you, shakes has really got me now<br>Yes, I`m a lonely, lonely man