I knew there were ten when I started
I felt full so I gave away one
I felt awful so I gave away another
Then someone asked me for one,
he called himself a brother
When I gave it to him, he asked me another favor
I was spendthrift, so I wasted one more
Love almost made me lose four
But thank God it was just one
For another one, I was conned
By foolish mistake, another I lost
I was robbed another
And hard times took the last for the cost
Well here I am empty handed, left stranded
No one volunteered one
When I asked, they had none
"What happened?" I asked
They responded "Well, I knew there were ten when I started,
And hard times took the last for the cost"
