A man buys a house and the bank takes it away
A woman you know she works real hard
And yet the family grows deeper in debt each day
A child drops out of school only trying to make ends meet
The others go 'round, oh now, in tatted cloth, bare feet

It's a bad bargain when nobody gains (yeah, now)
It's a bad bad bargain, when nobody gains
Yeah, yeah, yeah

A man goes to work without a lunch pail in his hand
When he gets back home, there's always milk that's in demand
A child comes down with a bad cold
That's another doctor bill he's got to pay, yeah
The bill collectors at his door, he's broke, he's lost, ooh

It's a bad bargain when nobody gains (yeah, yeah)
It's a bad bad bargain, when nobody gains
Yeah (yeah), yeah
And oh yeah
Yeah, yeah (mm, yeah)