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