Randy Newman - It's Money That Matters Lyrics
Of all of the people that I used to knowMost never adjusted to the great big worldI see them lurking in book storesWorking for the public radioCarrying their babies around in a sack on their backMoving careful and slow(chorus)Its money that mattersHear what I sayIts money that mattersIn the usaAll of these people are much brighter than iIn any fair system they would flourish and thriveBut they barely surviveThey eke out a living and they barely surviveWhen I was a young boy, maybe thirteenI took a hard look around me and asked what does it mean?So I talked to my father, and he didnt knowAnd I talked to my friend and he didnt knowAnd I talked to my brother and he didnt knowAnd I talked to everybody that I knew(chorus)Its money that mattersNow you know that its trueIts money that mattersWhatever you doThen I talked to a man lived up on the county lineI was washing his car with a friend of mineHe was a little fat guy in a red jumpsuitI said you look kind of funnyHe said I know that I doBut I got a great big house on the hill hereAnd a great big blonde wife inside itAnd a great big pool in my backyard and another great big poolBeside itSonny its money that matters, hear what I sayIts money that matters in the usaIts money that mattersNow you know that its trueIts money that matters whatever you do
