I Only Did It For The Money
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Story behind the song
I Only Did It For The Money. This is the first take...since you are listening for free, I didn't really feel like redoing the recording...there are mistakes on it, but so what? You want perfection, send me some money...lol. (There is a live version available on the album.)
Lyrics
I Only Did It For The Money
Verse 1)
Sally was a hooker up on Dickerson Road
Til one day when the police pulled her in.
Charged her with felonious lovin' somebody
She just dreamed of what she could have been
If she had stayed in school until she graduated
She might have led a nearly normal life.
Had herself some kind of steady job,
Even been somebody's wife...
PreChorus 1)
Well they brought her to the courthouse,
And she went before the judge.
The only question that he asked was "Why?"
Sally stopped and stared a while
To gather up her thoughts,
Then she smiled and looked him in the eye....
Chorus 1)
I only did it for the money
I never did it for the fun.
Sometimes when things ain't quite so rosy,
And life has got you on the run
You look around at all your choices,
And then you do what must be done.
I only did it for the money...
I never did it for the fun.
Verse 2)
Billy was a junkie lookin' for his next balloon
Decided that he'd rob a liquor store
Quickest hundred dollars that he thought he'd ever see
Then he'd have enough to make a score
He never thought the police would have that store staked out
Waitin' for another fool like him.
They put the handcuffs on him, put him in the car
Things for him were lookin' mighty grim.
PreChorus 2)
Well they brought him to the courthouse,
And he went before the judge.
The only thing His Honor asked was "Why?"
Billy stopped and stared a while
To gather up his thoughts,
Then he smiled and looked him in the eye....
Chorus 2)
I only did it for the money
I didn't even use a gun.
Sometimes when things ain't quite so rosy,
And life has got you on the run
You look around at all your choices,
And then you do what must be done.
I only did it for the money...
I never did it for the fun.
Verse 3)
Now if you see a story here that looks alot like yours
There's no reason you should act surprised
Each of us has something that we wish we'd never done
Something that we'd really like to hide.
Some of us are liars, and some of us are thieves
Some of us would even cheat a friend.
Some of us don't even know the depths to which we'd go
To make sure that we win out in the end.
PreChorus 3)
When they bring us to the courthouse,
And we stand before the judge,
If the only question that he asks is why...
Stand there for a moment,
Gather up your thoughts,
Smile at him and look him in the eye...
Chorus 3)
We only do it for the money,
We never do it for the fun.
Sometimes when things ain't quite so rosy,
And life has got us on the run
We look around at all our choices,
And then we do what must be done.
We only do it for the money...
We never do it for the fun.
© 2004 CowboySlim, BMI
