Life Savings

Living in a statistic Sailboats floating on their flow chart I don't wanna live like this A day in the sun, swimming with sharks There's no future, only money, money No 'me and you', it's only money, money Money buys a bright future But we will be forever indentured — money, money May we never get what we deserve — money, money Head down, anonymous The more you comply is the more you subsist There's no scruples, only money, money Dollars or rubles, it's all money, money Money buys you clemency In a clandestine economy — money, money Bagged and price tagged, dangling off your feet Living in a statistic Sailboats floating on their sales graph I don't wanna die like this They wanna make waves, capsize the craft Underneath the bathroom sink In a wooden box with a broken lock You can find my life savings A high school ring and baseball cards And when this horror's over And the greenback's all but trashed Currency will be our head and hands — So, you don't want to lose your head You can't afford to lose that Don't sell yourself to me You do it for the money You sell the dream to me You do it for the money You're selling us your innocence Don't sell your faith to me You do it for the money You're selling us your ignorance Your money is counterfeit May we never get what we deserve Money, money