I used to have to work for every dime But I got over in the welfare line
Now I don't hear the lick of a snake no more They send that money right to my door
Every month that check comes down All the way from Washington
town Somebody up there sure likes me
That girl named Annie Poverty
I'll bet she looks like a beauty queen All dressed up and folding green
I like her, she likes me I think I'll marry Annie Poverty
I used to have a poverty pocket soul Annie filled them all right up with dough
I saw that money and I knew all right This had to be love at first sight
Now Annie she worries quite a lot How to spend all that cash she's got
If she wins big old hearted me Well I'll do that for her

I'll bet she looks like a beauty queen All dressed up and folding green
I like her, she likes me I think I'll marry Annie Poverty
I'll bet she looks like a beauty queen All dressed up and folding green
I like her, she likes me I think I'll marry Annie Poverty
I think I'll marry Annie Poverty