Dr. John – Greenback Lyrics

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Allow me to introduce myself
Mr. Autolycus Fell at your "here at last" service, gentlemen.
Boys, you look to be a good, honest, intelligent set of men.
Now these ladies here are fresh from Madam Russell's bake oven
In the great Tennessee city of Memphis
They've had but few opportunities for lewd associations
So whichever of you is eager now for some horizontal refreshment
Can be assured of a good time generally I can tell you
And of course your enjoyment will provide me
With the very thing I's chasin' on this road
Money
Gelt
Gold
Foldin' buyin' power
Greenback
Greenback
Get you anything you need
Greenback
Get you snow in July
Greenback
Get your chicken fricasseed
Greenback
Get you all you can buy
One man's trouble is another man's meat
When you got the goods it's the catbird seat
One man's holy is another man's sin
Lose or win
Greenback gonna save your skin

Greenback
Make you who you wanna be
Greenback
Make you king o' the hill
Greenback
What's a little bribery?
Greenback
What's a hand in the till?
One man's never is another man's now
You just get the green, you don't question how
One man's foolish is another man's wise
Compromise
Greenback gonna be the prize

Slam-bam thank you ma'am
Flimflam telegram
Get it any way that you can
Buy cheap, sell it steep
Clean sweep, pocket-deep
Suckers are like gold in the pan
Deathbed overhead
Hot lead in the red
Make a millionaire minuteman
You can skin a cat if it's blue or gray
Hip-hooray
Greenbacks comin' either way

Greenback makes the New York bankers go
Greenback turns the cotton to wheat
Greenback makes the Mississippi flow
Greenback puts the shoes on your feet
One man's Yankee is a hooker-girl's John
That she'll "doodle-do" till the money's gone
One man's Rebel is a blackamoor's boss
Three across
Hitch 'em up and call 'em "hoss"
Giddyap!

Greenback, in a stack
Blackjack, sneak attack
Get it any way that you can
Lie, cheat, sugar sweet
Elite, Easy Street
Suckers are like gold in the pan
Carbines, battle lines
Breadlines, Georgia pines
Make a millionaire minuteman
If it's blue or gray or it's in between
Pick 'em clean
Till the only color's green
My favorite color

Greenback
Keep the bullets flyin' fast
Greenback
Keep the flags flyin' high
Greenback
Keep the future in our past
Greenback
Keep the gleam in my eye

One man's treasure is another man's trash
You can die for praise while I count the cash
One man's hero is another man's fool
Golden rule
Greenback gonna feed the mule
Greenback gonna save your skin
Greenback gonna be the prize
Blue or gray
Greenback comin' either way
Blue or gray
Greenback comin' either way

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