If It Hadn't Been For Money

from This Bike Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us by Fraser James

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If it hadn't been for money,
We'd all be rich and I'd be funny,
I could stand up there and joke about my day
See these times I'm finding hard
I've got no cash, left on my card
But I've got a funny feeling everything is gonna be ok

Now that I'm stuck, and I am shit out of luck
And now I'm sure I know how they feel
Perhaps these times will change,
I'll go back where I was made
But you know that I can't stay for long
But baby I'll be famous
And then all these crowds will be singing my song

On the bus in the window seat
All the people that I see
They're all smoking cigarettes and staring back at me
Acting like they own Time Square
But should I mind, or should I care?
All good things are always free

Now that I'm stuck, and I am shit out of luck
And now I'm sure I know how they feel
Perhaps these times will change,
I'll go back where I was made
But you know that I can't stay for long
But baby I'll be famous
And then all these kids will be singing my songs

But now I'm stuck and I can't see
I'm stuck and I won't be
Different from all the things that make me me
But now I'm stuck and I can't see
I'm stuck and I won't be
Different from all the things that make me me

Now that I'm stuck, and I am shit out of luck
And now I'm sure I know how they feel
Perhaps these times will change,
I'll go back where I was made
But you know that I can't stay for long
But baby I'll be famous
And then all these crowds will be singing my songs

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from This Bike Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us, track released January 23, 2012

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