This world is filled with many kinds of people
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Most of them so poor they can hardly pay the rent
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Then there's another kind lots of funny people too many dollars not enough sense
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[ harmonica ]
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Rich man's son he goes away to college he has such fun no work and all play
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He's not there for gettin' any knowledge he'll have his daddy bus'ness some day
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Rich boy fails and daddy wonders what he did chewing his nails all nervous and tense
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Never figures out that the trouble was he gave the kid
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Too many dollars not enough sense
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[ harmonica ]
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Poor little poor girl young and so beautuful marries old man with foot in the grave
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Marries him for money now she's gonna spend it all
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Gonna throw away every dollar he saved
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Man wakes up one morning all useless pretty girl gone and money all spent
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Was his own fault for turning her loose with too many dollars not enough sense
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[ harmonica ]
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Indian live all life on reservation all he knows is sweatin' and toil
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White man come and dig on reservation poke around and bring 'em up oil
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Indian rich now gotta have a Cadillac him buy five and a Mercedes Benz
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Take to reservation park 'em all back to back too many dollars not enough sense
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This world is filled with many kinds of people...
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Too many dollars not enough sense
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Too Many Dollars Not Enough Sense
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| Lynn Anderson |
