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The Money Isn't Real

from Salt For Silver by Bert Lee

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Grandpa was a grifter, and a gambler and a heel.
He snuck around from town to town and dealt a dirty deal.
He went out in the wild world to steal what he could steal.
And you know he stole a fortune,
but the money wasn't real.

Yeah the money wasn't real
funny how that was you know
the money wasn't real
He went out as a bandit
but he came back empty handed;
he should have been a rich man
but the money wasn't real.

The pharaoh was a miser, his story has been told,
He had ten thousand workers build a pyramid to hold
his statues and his trappings and his caskets and his gold
He wanted to have everything
But all he got was old.

But none of it was real
funny how that was you know
that none of it was real.
His monument so grand
just got covered up by sand.
He's just another mummy now
cause none of it was real.

A poor man buys a loaf of bread and and shares it, then it's gone.
A rich man wrecks his Porsche and yet his worth keeps rolling on.
All the good things that you've said and done are nothing you can pawn
because when you're in the underclass
You're always overdrawn.

Yeah the money isn't real
funny how that is you know
the money Isn't real
You can follow all the rules
made for idiots and fools...
you think you'll get your just reward
but you won’t…

You won't pick up a penny, but you might spare a dime.
a dollar buys a pretty meager way to spend your time.
A C-note buys you groceries and a grand might buy a thrill.
You might rake in shit load and still not have your fill.

I live in America, a country built on greed.
I suppose it's not a bad thing if you just take what you need.
But it seems everyone's afflicted by a hunger to exceed.
Why should one man have a billion
When there's a million mouths to feed?

Yeah the money isn't real
funny how that is you know
the money isn't real.
You can earn it you can burn it
But in the end you'll learn
it all amounts to nothing,
cause the money isn't real.

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from Salt For Silver, released February 10, 2020

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Bert Lee Brooklyn, New York

Bert Lee has been writing songs since the mid 1960's, and because of just dumb great luck has had the opportunity to be mentored by a bunch of great composers.

Classical, folk, country, swing, rock, electronic and downright experimental music has been flowing out of him for decades.

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