Five Pounds of Sugar

She’s got a dog and she’s got a cat
And she’s got a place out of town
Not quite a mile from the old life she lived
Its small, just a little run down

But her brother says
“What are you doing this for? I don’t understand your ways honey”
But she says you know, it’s the way that things are
It’s the best I can do for the money.

For the money, for the money
It’s the best I can do for the money
For the money, for the money
It’s the best I can do for the money

She went to town in an old beat up jeep
And she bought her a milkshake and burger
Then she sat on a bench and she talked to a friend
Then she went and bought five pounds of sugar

But her sister says this is all well and its good
So long as the skies remain sunny
But she says you know it it’s the way that things are
It’s the best I can do for the money

For the money, for the money
It’s the best I can do for the money
For the money, for the money
It’s the best I can do for the money

So she walks the footpaths that wrap round the mountain
She breaths in the sweet smell of flowers
Watches the clouds in the late afternoon
Bring in those warm April showers.

But her son says “oh mother now what have you done?
It appears that you act a bit funny”
But she says you know it’s the way that things are
It’s the best I can do for the money

For the money, for the money
It’s the best I can do for the money
For the money, for the money
It’s the best I can do for the money

So she picks the apples that grow in the orchard
And stores them all down in the cellar
And her daughter comes over and says that she worried
But these are the things that she tells her

She says deep in the winter the neighbors come in
And I go down and bring up the gunny
And we have a breakfast of summers good bounty
The best I can do for the money

For the money, for the money
It’s the best we can do for the money
For the money, for the money
It’s the best we can do for the money

Oh it’s the best I can do for the money.

Written by Sara Hoxie. Song appeared on the albums Prayer for Feather River and For the Time We’re Here.