Randy Newman - It's Money That Matters lyrics

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 (chorus) It's money that matters Hear what i say It's money that matters In the usa 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 and they barely survive 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, and he didn't know And i talked to my friend and he didn't know And i talked to my brother and he didn't know And i talked to everybody that i knew (chorus) 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 "you look kind of funny" He said "i know that i do" "but i got a great big house on the hill here And a great big blonde wife inside it And a great big pool in my backyard and another great big pool Beside it Sonny it's money that matters, hear what i say It's money that matters in the usa It's money that matters Now you know that it's true It's money that matters whatever you do"