living so fine
back in 1929
'till the stock market crash hit us hard


we can't pay the loan
the bank took our home

our lives were shattered and scarred

now the nights are so cold

as we lay by the stove
I'm with you but feeling alone


no windows or doors
we sleep on the floor
the wind cuts me right to the bone


and the gray of the skies
and my mom's empty eyes

wanna run and never come back
and the world that was mine
was all left behind

far away from this Hooverville shack

I remember the times

my dad worked the mines
put food on the table for five


tears on his face
he feels the disgrace
as he begs on the streets to survive


my brother left home
to be free and to roam

he's building a dam way out west

little sister fell ill

but we can't afford pills
last night we laid her to rest


chorus

never feel again, never love, never leave

preach the New Deal, sell us hope, I don't believe

chorus


I'll never get back..