Just look how it's rainin', my feet's on the ground

Just look how it's rainin', and my poor feet's on the ground

For the woman I've made happy, well she's after every man in town



Friends please open your door, and don't drive me away

Please open your door, and don't drive me away

The rent man has put me outdoors, and I've got no place to stay



Let me stay here tonight, it's ice all on the ground

Let me stay here tonight, it's ice all over the ground

Cause I'm motherless and I'm fatherless, and please don't turn me down



When I had plenty money, I had friends all over town

When I had plenty of money, I had friends all over town

But just as soon as I got outdoors, none of my friends could be found



After mother and father's gone, a dollar's your right-hand friend

After mother and father's gone, dollar's your right-hand friend

Then after your last dollar's gone, you're like a road that has no end



Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, lord where will I go

I'm beggin' you my friend, don't drive me from your door

I cannot sleep on the ground, there's nothing but ice and snow