Back On My Feet

Now I've had a hard life I've been through two wives and I've lived where the rats run wild But now I'm much better and I'm writing this letter Just to tell you 'bout your baby child Say ma I've been busy and I know you miss me So I'm writing this letter to you I know it's been ten years so save up those sad tears Mamma let me tell you what's new woh Look at me I'm back on my feet Pulled myself right out of the street I'm so glad to be back on my feet right now Getting smiles from the people I meet Won't you tell me 'bout dad now Is he still doing bad now Working at the same drugstore Looking for praise now did he ever get that raise now he's been waiting twenty years for And poor brother Billy is he still so silly Living with that girl 'cross town Living off her job 'cause she loves that poor slob Tell him someday I'll be round Look at me I'm back on my feet Pulled myself right out of the street I'm so glad to be back on my feet right now Getting smiles from the people I meet So glad to be back on my feet That's not all that happened to me Wait till you hear this now yeah I married this girl she was a rich girl Took her check book and her fountain pen Wrote my name so fast now my luck couldn't last now And wrote myself tree using her pen I prayed to the saviour got a year off with good behaviour Read the Bible so I'd understand Now I'm working steady and I'm married to Betty Do my best to be her good loving man yeah I've gotta say goodbye now Mamma so long now I know I was wrong now Not to write you in such a long long while But I'll save some money then you won't think it's funny If I put you and dad up in style woh Look at me I'm back on my feet Pulled myself right out of the street I'm so glad to be back on my feet right now Getting smiles from the people I meet Don't have to worry 'bout nothing to eat yeah And don't you think it's kind of neat You know I, pulled myself right up by the seat of my pants Ma look at me I'm back on my feet right now I ain't gonna worry no more...