You might be a financial wizard With a sack of loot All I see is a slimy lizard With an expensive suit Go on and run your corporation Go and kiss some ass You might buy half of the nation But you can't buy class You bastards think it's funny Lyin' and thieving all your life Think all there is is money Got your future strapped up tight Just 'cause you got the power That don't mean you got the right You can take my fingers babe You can take my eyes You can take my past and future It won't make you wise You can have me thrown in jail You can steal my booze You can even read my mail Step on my blue suede shoes You bastards must be clever Got it mapped out in black and white But don't forget you'll never Get a dog to walk upright Just 'cause you got the power That don't mean you got the right Go on out, make another deal Feed your big fat face Go on out and cop a feel Get on somebody's case You surely would be satisfied If you could have it all But time ain't on your side You're going to the wall You think that life's all dollars Greed and lust and spite But I wasn't born to follow Like to get my sleep at night Just 'cause you got the power That don't mean you got the right
You might be a financial wizard With a sack of loot All I see is a slimy lizard With an expensive suit Go on and run your corporation Go and kiss some ass You might buy half of the nation But you can't buy class You bastards think it's funny Lyin' and thieving all your life Think all there is is money Got your future strapped up tight Just 'cause you got the power That don't mean you got the right You can take my fingers babe You can take my eyes You can take my past and future It won't make you wise You can have me thrown in jail You can steal my booze You can even read my mail Step on my blue suede shoes You bastards must be clever Got it mapped out in black and white But don't forget you'll never Get a dog to walk upright Just 'cause you got the power That don't mean you got the right Go on out, make another deal Feed your big fat face Go on out and cop a feel Get on somebody's case You surely would be satisfied If you could have it all But time ain't on your side You're going to the wall You think that life's all dollars Greed and lust and spite But I wasn't born to follow Like to get my sleep at night Just 'cause you got the power That don't mean you got the right
