Heavy Chain Blues

It may be in the midnight rain Dreams slip through like grains of sand Worn shoes on an endless road Belly growling, carrying the load Shadows stretch where the light don't reach Pockets full of nothing, heart still preach Oh poverty, you heavy chain Pulling me down in the pouring pain But I rise up I won't break or bend Sing my blues till the struggle ends Cracked walls in a borrowed room Hunger's bite in the afternoon Kid's eyes waiting for what ain't there I scrape the barrel, breathe the air Poverty you can't steal my fire I'll keep walking lifting higher Oh poverty fade away slow My song keeps burning don't you know