I should know to leave them home. They follow me through the store 

with 

these toys I can't afford. "Kids, take them back, you know better than 

that." 

Dolls that talk, astronauts, T.V. games, airplanes, they don't 

understand 

and how can I explain? I try and try but I can't save. Pennies, 

nickels, 

dollars slip away. I've tried and tried but I can't save. 

My youngest girl has bad fever, sure. All night with alcohol to cool 

and 

rub her down. Ruby, I'm tired, try and get some sleep. I'm adding 

doctor's 

fees to remedies with the cost of three day's work lost. I try and try 

but 

I can't save. Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away. I've tried and 

tried but 

I can't save. The hole in my pocketbook is growing. 

There's a new wind blowing they say, it's gonna be a cold, cold one. 

So 

brace yourselves my darlings, it won't bring anything much our way but 

more 

dust bowl days. 

I played a card i nthis weeks game. Took the first and the last 

letters in 

three of their names. This lottery's been building up for weeks. I 

could be 

lucky me with the five million prize, tears of disbelief spilling out 

of my 

eyes. I try and try but I can't save. Pennies, nickels, dollars slip 

away. 

I've tried and tried but I can't save. The hole in my pocketbook is 

growing. 

There's a new wind blowing they say, it's gonna be a cold, cold one. 

So 

brace yourselves my darlings, it won't bring anything much our way but 

more 

dust bowl days



Eager to please was just the way that he was 

though his attempts there falling short, 

expectation 

see he would tell of all his conquests, 

was he bragging? 

but in the evening all alone 

Ellen unplanned delays 

saving for someone who really cared about you 

invincible they say 

married to your name 

she was the kind between a child and a lady, 

quick was her temper 

like a blaez from an ember 

no one had measured to her standard, 

so in the evening all alone all alone 

how do I tell them to open their minds 

and to take a chance 

maybe on finding life’s treasure stubborn they stay set 

in their ways really not wanting to be lonely not alone.