Somebody
Else's Money | We
can buy that mansion on the hill, We'll fill it up until it's filled We'll buy a big black Cadillac
And we'll keep an extra one in the back. We'll sit home just listening To the sounds of the winds when they're breaking
And we can buy that diamond ring And just about any other thing With somebody else's
money We can buy you that flower garden With every rose that's ever
risen With a blanket and a safety pin We'll keep away all the boogie men.
And we can buy you that swing Swing through the skies openings And we can buy that
diamond ring And just about any other thing With somebody else's money We can tattoo nickels on our skin,
We'll drain our veins and put honey in We'll buy new fingers two times
ten We'll even put pennies in our chins We'll buy a silver set of wings,
Lay 'em on our backs for the winds And we can buy that diamond ring And just about any other thing
With somebody else's money We'll crash in on the neighbors wedding, We'll steal the cake and go
running You'll head straight for the jewelry And I'll steal the money like a
lottery We'll buy a set of legs just for walking, And another set of tongues for when we're small talking,
Another set of lips for being obscene And another set of heads for
Halloween And we can buy you that swing To swing through the skies
openings We can buy that diamond ring, Just about any other thing, With somebody else's
money We can buy babies for the babies, We'll give them both big red
ponies They'll live in that mansion on the hill That we'll keep on
fillin' until it's filled We'll watch the neighbors fatten up with greed
Watching us buying everything we don't need I know they're listening Through a telescope from across the street
Watching us fillin' up the bathtubs with sweets Money, money, money Money on the floor put money in the beds
Put money in the drains Money coming out of our heads, Money, money,
money We can kill many a dirty man Work by the church when they bring us in.
We can buy anything Because there's always something That's so funny about spending
Somebody else's money
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| words and music by Jakob Dylan, appears on The Wallflowers The Wallflowers performed a reworked version of "Somebody Else's Money" in concert for the first time in the early dates of the Breach tour. |