Take the Bitter With the Sweet Lyrics

People, this is my story
That I′m going to tell
Oh yeah, this is my story
People, I'm going to tell
Oh yeah, you know if you don′t believe me
Oh yeah, I just want you to wish me well

I am motherless and fatherless
Brother, sister, I ain't never seen
Oh yeah, you know I ain't got no mother or father
Brother, sister, boys, I ain′t never seen
Oh yeah, oh yeah, sometimes I feel so lonesome
Oh yeah, I feel just like I wanna scream

There have been nights I laid down
I didn′t have a bite
Oh yeah, there have been so many nights I laid down
Oh yeah, boys, I didn't have nothing to eat
Oh yeah, there have been so many nights my eyes got heavy
Oh yeah, boys, I didn′t have no place to sleep

There have been days I walked around
Without shoes on my feet
Oh yeah, there have been so many dog days
Oh yeah, I didn't have shoes, boys, on my feet
Oh, you know my mother she always told me
Oh, son, you got to take the pitterwet to school