[Intro] (Slow, acoustic guitar strum, building with a low bass thrum) [Verse 1] Pocket full of nothing, still I know the score Money's just a hammer, not what hammers are for You can drive it like a nail or you can let it rust Either way the sun comes up and turns it back to dust [Verse 2] Some men clutch it tighter when they feel the cold That fear becomes the cage that keeps them from the gold It's a frequency like sunlight, like the rain, like the wind Close your fist against it and it won't come in [Chorus] It's a tool not a treasure, a road not a home Enough to keep you moving, enough to not be alone Open hands can catch it, closed ones turn it away Just a tool of the trade boys, meant to flow not stay [Verse 3] Paper promises printed by the ton Backed by nothing but the faith of everyone They print it thin and call the fiction wealth While gold and silver keep their counsel in stealth [Pre-Chorus] Gold remembers every hand that held it there Silver keeps its counsel, patient, holding fair Paper burns and fades to empty air Just a promise long past due and wearing thin [Chorus] It's a tool not a treasure, a road not a home Enough to keep you moving, enough to not be alone Open hands can catch it, closed ones turn it away Just a tool of the trade boys, meant to flow not stay [Bridge] I know the signal, I know the tune Still working on my receiver The miles between them teaching me Still burning off the distance Yeah, burning off the distance [Verse 4] The river doesn't hoard itself, it just keeps moving through What you put out finds you, that much I know is true A roof over a stranger, given not from fear but grace Money finds the open hand and returns in faith [Final Chorus] It's a tool not a treasure, a road not a home Enough to keep you moving, enough to not be alone Open hands can catch it, closed ones turn it away Just a tool of the trade boys, meant to flow not stay [Outro] Just a tool of the trade boys Meant to flow not stay Just a tool of the trade Flowing on its way Gold remembers Silver knows Paper fades But value flows
