Can you put a price upon

every lingering breath

can you work it out and say

what every minute's worth

time is always money

and you're such a very heavy spender

you're squeaky clean

you're out of legal tender

then ...



Certainty

it's so sexy

you're too cold to drop

you could be eating

Ciba Geigy goat cheese

you need to tell someone

to tell you when to stop



There's only ever been

one soft option

one blank cheque

one deep breath

to take you up to the neck

you need more

I'll get you some

see me okay

with Rimbaud bubblegum



So much goes to Sally

so much goes to Mack & Nicholas

you'll get back your money

when the sublime

meets the ridiculous

bewitchingly ridiculous



You put your money where your mouth is

your balance is astounding

you're in for every penny

you're in for every pounding



Look at you now

powdered

pounding

now you're shilling

out for any count



any killing

you listen to the hours of your fingers flip flop

you need a franchise

Yamaha soda pop



What's that funny smell?

why aren't you out earning?

gimme your pittance, boy

the holes in your pockets

they're burning

I smell them burning



You put your money where your mouth is

and you can talk till doomsday

you can't take it with you, son

the hours of your fingers

tap on an empty urn

unless you let things take forever

they never get done

unless you let things take forever

they never get done



This is what I mean by my money

this is what I mean by my money



You put your money where your mouth is

and you can talk till doomsday

you can't take it with you, son

the hours of your fingers

tap on an empty urn

unless you let things take forever

they never get done



The real cost of living

it's changing all the time

don't set the clocks

against me again

hard luck

hard cash

but no hard feelings

I must dash

I have my feelings

I just can't say exactly when

I just can't say exactly when