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I Need the Money

(Brian Hendrix)

Unfortunately, this is a song that all too many people relate to now. Myself, I've been out of work for a while, and the bills are piling up and money in scarce. Millions of people are stuck in dead-end jobs and are miserable. Working their fingers to the bone isn't what they wanted to do with their lives. But they need the money. Most of us don't have a choice in the matter. I wrote this song out of respect to all the hard-working people who never seem to get ahead.

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I get up at five a.m., every day
Leave the house without eatin' a thing
Stuck in a traffic jam once again, and
The eastbound's too sunny 
Clock in to get told what to do
An hour before lunch, singin' the blues
Feel it's kililn' me but I hump through
'Cause... I need the money

(Chorus)
Well, the rent won't pay itself 
Give what you owe, they come back for more
Like dust there on the shelf
You work your fingers to the bone
And you're late again, you learn to swim
In all the debt you own
And if my back weren't too sore, I'd think it's funny....
Hey... but I need the money 

Bills are stacked high, fallin' down
Give 'em an ounce, they want a pound
Water's risin' up, we soon might drown
S'okay; we're gonna make it, honey 
No time to relax and rest my feet
Gotta decide between food or heat
And I'll do it all again the very next week
'Cause.... I need the money 

(Chorus) 

(Bridge) 
They say money won't buy happiness 
But I'm not sure if that's true
Pretty sure that I'd be smiling more
If I could buy some breathing room...

(Chorus)

© Brian Hendrix 2022

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