Cash To Your Name

He was living in a small town
With not much to hang around
Except the trailer park kids standing out front the Penny Arcade
By the cigarette machine
He bought a number in the lottery
And god can only guess the kind of money he made
But the stress came with the buck
And he had had the worst of luck
And a month later, his head had already greyed
Everybody wanted to be his friend
Broken ties were on the mend
Oh they all just wanted to get paid

Ain't it strange? The way things change?
With a newspaper headline and some cash to your name?
And ain't it funny? How we're all just dummies?
For a little bit of money and some more of the same?
So kiss that ass and chase that cash
But you better work fast it's a quick moving game
What can we spend? We can be best friends
Oh you never thought attention could be such a shame

Well he traveled far and wide
Spent a little money bout every night
Just to feel some kind of feeling he never felt before
Growing up he was the lonely boy
Now he's a tool more than a toy
Living in an all window house up the coast from the Malibu shore
And people came to visit every day
Just to get turned around at the front gate
He couldn't risk getting a glimpse of the outside world
But the joke was quickly no more
When room service opened the door
And he was lying cold and dead on the bathroom floor

Ain't it strange? The way things change?
With a newspaper headline and some cash to your name
Ain't it funny? How we're all just dummies?
For a little bit of money and some more of the same?
So kiss that ass and chase that cash
But you better work fast it's a quick moving game
What can we spend? We can be best friends
Oh you never thought attention could be such a shame

So where does the money go?
That's what everybody wanted to know
Should I be expecting a check coming my way
Yes, I'm sorry for your loss
It seems he was way criss-crossed
By a fork-in-the-road and nobody to move it that day
Cause we all get a little greedy
When we're all a little needy
Oh maybe we should go down to the tables and play
And everybody wanna fill their pockets
So they can buy their personal rockets
Hug their families goodbye and fly to space

But ain't it strange? The way things change?
With a newspaper headline and cash to your name
And Ain't it funny? How we're all just dummies?
For a little bit of money and more of the same
So kiss that ass, chase that cash
Better work fast it's a quick moving game
What can we spend? We can be best friends
Oh you never thought attention could be such a shame
Oh you never thought attention could be such a shame
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