By McKinley Morganfield

Had a sweet little girl, ran off, took her the baby boy
People ain't that sad?
Whoa, I had a sweet little girl, the mother ran off took the baby boy
Ain't that sad?
Whoa, you can't spend what you ain't got
You can't lose what you never had
Ah, you can't spend what you ain't got
You can't lose what you never had

I had money in the bank, got busted
People ain't so sad?
Whoa, I had some money in the bank got busted
People, people, ain't that sad?
But oh, you can't spend what you ain't got
You can't lose what you never had
Ah, you can't spend what you ain't got
You can't lose what you never had

I had a sweet little home, got drunk, burned it down
People ain't so sad?
Oh, I had a sweet little home, got drunk, burned it down
People ain't that sad?
Oh, you can't spend what you ain't got
You can't lose what you never had
Oh, you can't spend what you ain't got
You can't lose what you never had