It's Money That Matters

Of all of the people that I used to know Most never adjusted to the great big world I see them lurking in book stores Working for the public radio Carrying their babies around in a sack on their back Moving careful and slow It's money that matters Hear what I say It's money that matters In the U.S.A. All of these people are much brighter than I In any fair system they would flourish and thrive But they barely survive They eke out a living, they barely survive When I was a young boy, maybe thirteen I took a hard look around me and asked what does it mean? So I talked to my father, he didn't know And I talked to my friend, he didn't know And I talked to my brother, he didn't know And I talked to everybody that I knew It's money that matters Now you know that it's true It's money that matters Whatever you do Then I talked to a man, lived up on the county line I was washing his car with a friend of mine He was a little fat guy in a red jumpsuit I said, "That's looks kind of funny" He said, "I know it does too" "But I got a great big house on the hill here Great big blonde wife inside it Great big pool in my backyard Another great big pool beside it Sonny, it's money that matters Hear what I say It's money that matters In the U.S.A." It's money that matters Now you know that it's true It's money that matters Whatever you do