Quit school when she was seventeen
Senator on TV calls her welfare queen
Used to be daddy’s little girl
Now she needs help in this mean ol’ world
Buys cassette tapes in the bargain bin
Loves Carlene Carter and Loretta Lynn
Tries to have fun on a Saturday night
Sunday morning don’t shine too bright
It’s welfare music
Watch the baby dance
To the welfare music
Well she ever stand a chance?
Takes two to make three but one ain’t here
Still chasing women and drinking beer
Says nobody understands how he feels
But that don’t pay the monthly bills
Angry fat man on the radio
Wants to keep his taxes way down low
Says there oughta be a law
Angriest man you ever saw
Welfare music
Just watch the baby dance
To the welfare music
Well she ever stand a chance?
Solo
Baby dance circles on the floor
Round and round just like before
Baby fall down
Baby get up
Baby needs a drink from a lovin’ cup
It’s welfare music
Watch the baby dance
To the welfare music
Well she ever stand a chance?
Welfare music
Just watch the baby dance
To the welfare music
Well she ever stand a chance?
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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