Uptown Money

I see her photograph in the society page,
Smiling with that rich man twice my age.
I'm breaking my back just to get by while she's sipping champagne in the sky.
She traded what we had for a life I can't provide,
Left me here burning up with wounded pride.
Uptown money took my baby away.
Uptown money, now I'm paying every day.
She chose his fortune over my heart.
Uptown money tore us apart.
I gave her everything a poor man could give,
But that wasn't enough for the way she wants to live.
She wanted more.
She wanted gold.
Now I'm out here in the cold.
Uptown money took my baby away.