Bobby Charles - Why Are People Like That? (1998 Version)

They’ll take your love and then your money
They’ll take your sugar and all your honey
They’ll take you skinny or flat
Why are people like that?
They’ll take your child and your home
They’ll take the flesh from your bones
They’ll take the shirt off your back
Why are people like that?
They’ll take your dog and your car
They’ll try to push you too far
They’ll break your heart and leave you flat
Why are people like that
They’ll make you sleep in the street
They’ll give you nothing to eat
They’ll lie to you and that’s a fact
Why are people like that?
They’ll take your farm and your crop
They’ll take everything you got
They’ll laugh behind your back
Why are people like that?
(What are people like that?)
Why are people like that?
(Why are people like that?)
Why are people like that?
(Why are people like that?)
I don’t know why they act like that
(Don’t know why they act like that)
Why are people like that?
(Why are people like that?)