Jimmy Buffett - Spending Money lyrics

by: Jimmy Buffett and Mac McAnally

(whistling)

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

Seen it brighten up the eyes of a child

It even makes the Dalai Lama smile

It's no relation to the 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 a moment of pleasure

worth in every cent

Coin or paper, silver or gold

All Denominations nouveaux 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 a shaker full, just a few grains of salt

You may get by looking 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 spending money

long as you got a little spending money

oh give me some spending money