"How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live"

Ry Cooder and the Moula Banda Rhythm Aces
The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, Ca.
3/25/87

Ry Cooder--guitar and vocals
Jim Keltner--drums
Van Dyke Parks--keyboards
Jorge Calderon--bass
Flaco Jimenez--accordion
Miguel Cruiz--percussion
Steve Douglas--saxophone
George Bohannon--trombone
Bobby King, Terry Evans, Arnold McCuller, Willie Green Jr.--backup vocals

there was once a time when everything was cheap
but now prices nearly put a man to sleep
when we pay our grocery bill
we just feel like making our will
tell me how can a poor man stand such times and live?
--blind alfred reed