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Spending Money

This version of Spending Money was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1999.

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Now I’m not talking ’bout excessive greed.
The kind that puzzled the scribes and Pharisees.
I don’t worship it like a golden calf,
But change in my pocket is always good for a laugh.

I’ve seen it brighten up the eyes of a child
It even makes the Dali Lama smile.
It’s no relation tot he meaning of life,
It’s a dang fool husband doesn’t spring for his wife.

A little spending money.
Money to burn.
Money that you did not necessarily earn.
Rainy days seem to wind up sunny,
Long as you got a little spending money.

I got no financial conscience.
Can’t worry where it went.
A lasting treasure or a moment of pleasure
Worth it every cent.

Coin or paper baby,
Silver or gold.
All denominations, nouveau or old.
Can’t have a turkey without oyster dressing,
It’s the root of all evil, the sum of your blessings.

Don’t need no armored car or time locked vault,
Don’t need no shaker full, just a few grains of salt.
You may get by lookin’ good and being funny,
But life’s a little less restrained.

With a little spending money.
Money to burn.
Money that you did not necessarily earn.
Rainy days seem to wind up sunny,
Long as you got a little spendin’ money…
Long as you got a little spendin’ money…

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