Favorite Money Song?

2moretrees · #1 (**permalink**) 10-12-2005, 11:18 PM

What's your favorite money song? I've always liked Don Henley's "If Dirt Were Dollars"

Walkin' like a millionaire
Smilin' like a king
He leaned his shopping cart against the wall
He said, I been a lot of places
And I seen a lot of things
But, sonny, I seen one thing that beats 'em all
I was flyin' back from lubbock
I saw jesus on the plane
...or maybe it was elvis
You know, they kinda look the same
Hey, look out, junior, you're steppin' on my bed
I said, I don't see nothin
He just glared at me and said,

If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
I wouldn't worry anymore

Lookin' like a beauty queen
Loyal as a wife
She raised her little voice and testified,
I am a good girl
I've been one all my life
But her virtue was as swollen as her pride
She should've had the oscar
She must have been miscast
Her fifteen minutes went by so fast
I said, now, baby, have you got no shame?
She just looked at me, uncomprehendingly
Like cows at a passing train

If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
I wouldn't worry anymore

We got the bully pulpit
And the poisoned pen
We got a press no better
Than the public men
This brave new world
Gone bad again
God's finest little creatures
Looking brave and strong
Whistling past the graveyard
Nothing can go wrong
Quoting from the scriptures
With patriotic tears
We got the same old men
With the same old fears
Standing at attention
Wrapped in stars and stripes
They hear the phantom drummers
And the nonexistent pipes
These days the buck stops nowhere
No one takes the blame
But evil is still evil
In anybody's name

If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
If dirt were dollars
We'd all be in the black

dealsaver · #2 (**permalink**) 10-13-2005, 08:56 AM

A song in the animated Lord of the Rings movies. It went something "like less can be more, small can be be beautiful".

PrincessPerky · #3 (**permalink**) 10-13-2005, 05:13 PM

'oney can't buy me love' or anyway thats the line I remember. might not be the name, and no idea who sings it.

sweeps · #4 (**permalink**) 10-13-2005, 07:16 PM

How about:

You got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run
You don't ever count your money
While you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin' is done

Bruce Wayne · #5 (**permalink**) 10-14-2005, 03:34 AM

Just for VJW, my favourite money song would be:

Taxman - Beatles

sweeps · #6 (**permalink**) 10-14-2005, 10:08 AM

This one doesn't specifically mention money, but I think is on topic.

Well we're movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.

Fish don't fry in the kitchen;
Beans don't burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin',
Just to get up that hill.
Now we're up in the big leagues,
Gettin' our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it's you and me baby,
There ain't nothin wrong with that.

Well we're movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.

Dingoluv4eva · #7 (**permalink**) 10-14-2005, 10:34 AM

some rap song about prostitutes, money, and big cars J?K i dunno never thought about this..

I guess music doesnt motivate as far as money goes..

it can motive to go out n do well and win.

but money just comes with winning i guess.

locolorenzo24 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-14-2005, 06:50 PM

"Money for nothing, and chicks for free........"

debtfreeme · #9 (**permalink**) 10-21-2005, 04:03 PM

Can't buy me loooovvveee, can't buy me love!

or that song that started out:
If I had a million dollars

baselle · #10 (**permalink**) 10-21-2005, 07:15 PM

Send lawyer, guns and money - Warren Zevon

Money makes the vorld go around - Cabaret

cercis · #11 (**permalink**) 10-21-2005, 07:38 PM

Debtfree - that song is "If I had a Million Dollars" by Bare Naked Ladies. It came out prior to 1993 (in Canada) and I've loved it since then.

"I'd buy your love" followed up with "I'd be rich".

midnight · #12 (**permalink**) 10-21-2005, 08:14 PM

Oh, I love that Bare Naked Ladies Song:

If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I'd but you a house ( I would buy you a house)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I'd buy you furniture for your house ( maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I'd but you a K-car ( a nice reliant automobile)
If I had a 1,000,000, I'd buy you love

If I had a 1,000,000
I'd build a treefort in our yard
If I had a 1,000,000
You could help it wouldn't be that hard
If I had a 1,000,000
Maybe we could put a refrigerator in there
Wouldn't that be fabulous!

If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I but you a fur coat( but not a real fur coat that's cruel)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I'd buy you an exotic pet(like a llama or an emu)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I'd but you John Merick's remains (All them crazy elephant bones)
If I had a 1,000,000 I'd buy your love

If I had a 1,000,000
We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a 1,000,000
We'd take a limousine cause it costs more
If I had a 1,000,000 We wouldnt have to eat Kraft dinner

If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
i'd but you a green dress ( but not a real green dress that's cruel)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I'd but you some art ( A Picasso or a Garfunkel)
If I had a 1,000,000 (If I had a 1,000,000)
I'd buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a monkey?)
If I had a 1,000,000 If I had a 1,000,000 If I had a 1,000,000
If I had a 1,000,000 I'd be RICH!

PRICEPLUS · #13 (**permalink**) 10-23-2005, 01:35 PM

I like "Money " by Pink Floyd. I also like Willie Nelson singing, "if you'vre got the money honey I've gpt the time"!

miclason · #14 (**permalink**) 10-26-2005, 08:32 AM

ha,ha,ha....I'd be surprised if any of you have heard this one: Mi primer millon (my first million) by Bacilos....

Yo solo quiero cantar en la radio
para ganar mi primer millon
para comprarte una casa grande
en donde quepa tu corazon

(I just want to sing on the radio
so I can make my first million
and buy you a big house
where your heart can fit)...sort of!

...also Serenata Huasteca, which is a mariachi song:

Dicen que pa'conquistarte
necesito una fortuna
que he de bajarte del cielo
las estrellas y la luna...
Yo no bajare la luna,
ni las estrellas tampoco
y aunque no tenga fortuna,
me querras poquito a poco!

(they say to conquer you
I need a fortune,
that I must get you the moon
and the stars off the heavens.
I will not get you the moon,
nor the stars,
and eventhough I don't have a fortune,
I'll make you love me little by little)

elcheapo · #15 (**permalink**) 11-20-2005, 08:58 PM

it is a old song by Dr Hook ( seventies group)
it starts out something like I got more money than a horse has hair ......

gakline · #16 (**permalink**) 11-21-2005, 07:31 AM

"Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford

"You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store"

VJW · #17 (**permalink**) 11-23-2005, 01:48 AM

FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY

Money money money money, money
Some people, got to have it
Some people, really need it
Listen to me y'all, do things, do things, do bad things with it
You wanna do things, do things, do things, good things with it
Talk about cash money, money
Talk about cash money- dollar bills, y’all

For the love of money
People will steal from their mother
For the love of money
People will rob their own brother
For the love of money
People can't even walk the street
Because they never know who in the world they're gonna beat
For that lean, mean, mean green
Almighty dollar, money

For the love of money
People will lie, Lord, they will cheat
For the love of money
People don't care who they hurt or beat
For the love of money
A woman will sell her precious body
For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight
Call it lean, mean, mean green

Almighty dollar

I know money is the root of all evil
Do funny things to some people
Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
Money can drive some people out of their minds

Got to have it, I really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Some people, really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Got to have it, I really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Lay down, lay down, a woman will lay down
For the love of money
All for the love of money
Don't let, don't let, don't let money rule you
For the love of money
Money can change people sometimes
Don't let, don't let, don't let money fool you
Money can fool people sometimes
People! Don't let money, don't let money change you,
it will keep on changing, changing up your mind.

The O'Jays

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gavinmccallister · #18 (**permalink**) 11-23-2005, 07:18 AM

Do you remember the movie "Can't Buy Me Love" they also played the song that you are mentioning?

VJW · #19 (**permalink**) 11-23-2005, 09:15 AM

It’s also used on “The Apprentice”, from what I’m told. I’ve never watched. Not a Trump fan.

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StressLess · #20 (**permalink**) 01-21-2006, 04:55 AM

Silly post, I know, but I can't help it. DH was listening to a "60's Flashback" show on the radio this morning, and they just played a song called Low Budget by the Kinks. I don't remember ever hearing it before, and it really cracked me up, with such immortal lines as:

"Excuse my shoes they don't quite fit
They're a special offer and they hurt me a bit
Even my trousers are giving me pain
They were reduced in a sale so I shouldn't complain"

Might as well keep a sense of humor about things. Does anyone else have a song or poem that pops to mind about money? The only other thing I can think of off hand is Tax Man by the Beatles.