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songwriting group prompt #2 - new money

New money, new me
Fork up 50 for a recipe
Cook a meal for all to see
A better me

More cash, more options
More stress, more oxycontin
Pay a man to fix my problems
Reluctantly

Washington don't care what I do
Franklin and Hamilton are mine too
Lincoln is here to guide you
Jefferson will always find you
A better deal

No cents, it's senseless
When I'm broke I feel defenseless
Walls are built in dimes and gold
To shine on me

Sell high, buy low
A richer man once told me so
I've never felt so goddamn low
Invest in me

Washington don't care what I do
Franklin and Hamilton are mine too
Lincoln is here to guide you
Jefferson will always find you
A better deal

So let's make a deal
If you bet on me
I'll return you riches
No bait and switches
No email princes
No dollar scheme
If you just bet on me

Washington don't care what you do
Franklin and Hamilton are yours too
Lincoln is here to guide you
Jefferson will always find you
A better deal

New money, new me

The devil he'll sell you a La-Z Boy
The devil he'll sell you an aimless toy
Whatever he sells, he'll smile and tell you
Take your gift and please enjoy

The devil he lives in a lazy man
The devil he works through his lazy hands
He twiddles his thumbs
Makes him dumb
He does whatever the devil commands

He was introduced to me
When I turned the age of 3
They turned on the boob tube
And now TV is all I do
And now TV is all I do

The devil you'll sign his service terms
Subscribe to a life as a nervous worm
You'll writhe and scream
Til you're in front of a screen
Now I'm going to watch TV instead of singing this song


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Run it back
Back to one
I'll admit you had your fun
Reload the starter gun
I demand a rematch

Run it back
Take your place
For the final race
We'll go toe to toe
Til you're replaced

I don't need to be the best there ever was
I don't need to pass the test or get the highest score
I don't need to be the strongest man alive
So long as I look better when we're side to side

You can walk a hundred miles in the sand
I'll walk a hundred and one across any land
And if you walk an extra one, I'll walk one too
So long as I am better than you

I want to surpass you
In every category
I want to destroy you
And end our story

So run it back
One last time
To pay for your crimes
To the starting line
I demand a rematch


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