It's great to be rich and a doggone shame to be poor   It's great to be rich and a doggone shame to be poor   It's a lowdown dirty deal when your woman don't want you no more      I tried to please her but it only made her mad   I tried to please her but it only made her mad   She done strip me and took everything I had      Now what you gonna do with a woman like that?   Now what you gonna do with a woman like that?   Who takes all your money yes and leaves you flat?      Yes it's great to be rich and a doggone shame to be poor   It's a lowdown dirty deal when your woman don't want you no more   Now it was money in the morning, and money every night      If I didn't have no money, she was ready to fight   It's great to be rich and a doggone shame to be poor   It's a lowdown dirty deal when your woman don't want you no more