It's Money That Matters Lyrics - Randy Newman

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 

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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" 

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"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