Poor Man's Son

Album: Premonition (1981)
Charted: 33
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: FRANK SULLIVAN, JIM PETERIK
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • Patrick Longworth from Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, CanadaPoor Man's Son is one of their most creative songs and I appreciate it because I am a son, though my dad was not at all poor when I came into the world. He was middle class and I came into the world after the family had built up their life in Canada after emigrating from England. I, on the other hand, have become a "poor man" due to the unfaithfulness of many coworkers and my own poor saving and spending habits.
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