Loving Pauper
Dillinger Lyrics

Do you know the loving pauper?
Do you know the man who may be poor, but loves deeply?

I'm not in the position to entertain you
I don't have the financial means to entertain you.

The way that you're accustomed to
In the luxurious way you're used to.

Can't take you out to fancy places
I can't afford to take you to expensive locations.

Like other fellas that I know can do
Like other guys I know who are financially better off than I am.

I'm only able to romance you
But I can still make you feel desired and loved.

Or make you tingle with delight
Or give you intense pleasure and excitement.

Financially I'm a pauper
But when it comes to money, I'm poor.

(everybody sing)
Chorus of the song.

But when it comes to loving, I'm alright
But when it comes to love, I'm more than capable.

Don't show me what your friends are wearing
I don't want to see what your friends are wearing.

I really don't want to see (oh yeah)
I'm not interested to see (oh yeah).

Don't tell me what your friends are buying, girl
Don't tell me what your friends are purchasing, darling.

Cause money doesn't grow on trees (oh yeah)
Because money doesn't come out of nowhere (oh yeah).

Tell me 'bout the things that excites you
Tell me what makes you happy and excited.

Or make you tingle with delight
Or what gives you intense pleasure and excitement.

But if you prefer love to luxury
But if you value love over material possessions.

You've got to tell me baby, I'm alright
You just need to tell me, love is all that matters.

I said I went up to Isla to buy a little bike
I said I went to Isla to buy a small bicycle.

The price wi di bike make me broke a likkle
But the price of the bicycle made me a little broke.

A mus the judgement time
It must be the time of judgment (in a religious sense).

Lord, a mus he judgement time
Oh Lord, it must be the time of judgment (in a religious sense).

I went to di market fi buy a piece of food
I went to the market to buy some food.

The price of the food
But the cost of the food.

Mi haffi gwaan like me hood
Made me act like a gangster.

Sing, a mus he judgement time
Sing, it must be the time of judgment (in a religious sense).

I said I went up to Illy to buy a likkle stool
I said I went to Illy to buy a small stool.

The price of the stool make me fall in a hole
But the cost of the stool made me unable to afford anything else.

He watch a hard road to travel
He observes that it is a difficult journey.

Til you want a mighty long way to go
Until you need to travel a long way.

Illy said Jah Jah the Blessed Saviour
Illy says that Jah Jah is the blessed savior.

Man him gonna show I the way I know
He will guide me in the way I know best.

Tell you that many gone down to di valley
Many have gone down to the valley of the shadow of death.

Claims that they gone where water flow
Claim to have gone to a place where water flows.

Put fi ya foot a make me put fi mi
Place your foot so that I can estimate my shoe size.

Because me wear size eleven or me wear size seven
Because I either wear size eleven or size seven.

He said a judgement time
He said that it's time for judgment (in a religious sense).

But I'm sorry people but I got to leave ya
But I'm sorry, people, but I have to leave you.

But I know if I leave ya
But I know that if I leave you.

Gonna cleave ya,
It's going to hurt you.

I got to leave ya, I've got to leave ya
I need to leave you, I really have to go.

I got to leave, but before I leave ya
I have to go, but before I go.

Sorry to say but I'm on my way
I regret to say that I'm leaving now.

I won't be back for many a day
I won't be able to return for a long time.