All About the Green

There's a big shiny future, you've been dying to buy
Better start power lunching in your power tie
You can't wait for fate to somehow intervene
If you wanna be somebody, it's all about the green

I'm sure it's a little more complicated
It's all about the green

Some may say you're headed down a crooked trail
But if you sell your soul, at least you've made a sale
You could end world hunger or create a vaccine
But if you wanna be somebody

It's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the-

Big bucks, fat checks, midnight flights to LAX
Slush funds, high-fives, trading stocks and trading wives
C notes, half G's, buying out the Japanese
Land deals, down in Bocca, doing drinks with Iacocca

Yeah, it's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the-

Hey, Gulia, I just got back from Seattle
There's a coffee store, there that's thinking of going national
Did you get my memo on that?
Nobody's ever gonna pay three bucks for a cup of coffee
Now bring me some real tips

I got something
My brother-in-law works for Coca-Cola
They're changing their formula
Gonna sell it as "New Coke"
New Coke, that's brilliant
Buy all the Coca-Cola stock you can get your hands on
See, Robbie

It's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the

Bank rolls, legal tender
Strippers screaming ("Hey, Big Spender")
Cutthroat, firm expansion
Regroup at the Playboy Mansion
Blue chips, pink slips
Foreign beers and ego trips
Bank boards gettin' antsy
Jellybeans from Ron and Nancy

Yeah, it's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the

Corporate hacks like stabbing backs
And twisting arms real slow
But you only holler uncle
If your uncle is the CEO

Yeah, it's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the

Quick deal, liquidation
S&L deregulation
Grand slam, strong gainer
Dershowitz on retainer
Output, Income
Skimming off a tidy sum
Reaganomics quid pro quo
The G.O.P. is S.R.O

Yeah, it's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the green
Wanna be somebody?
It's all about the-

It's all about the pay dirt
Shuck and jive
Five to nine
Not nine to five
Kickbacks, payola
Inside tips on Pepsi-Cola

Nasdaq
Dow Jones
Worshiping the Milken Clones
Old cigars, new Camara
Yo quiero more dinero
Oh, yeah
Whoo!
I can see you, baby

It's all about the green
I wanna be somebody
It's all about the green
I wanna be somebody
It's all about the green
Wanna be somebody
About the green
Wanna be somebody
About the green
The green