Hear now... Funny thing about money... Everybody says they don't care... 'Til somebody else got it. Hiss... Close the door. The wind is stealing my fortune. Everybody loves you Long as your pockets ring. Funny how the birds stop singing Soon as you got nothing. Yesterday they called me "Your Majesty"... nice and slow. Today they look straight through me— Like I never wore the gold. Robin got the people laughing, I never liked that sound. A joke is cheap to tell... 'Til it's aimed at your own crown. Stay with me... Easy now... stay with me. Coins don't grow On an old oak tree. Stay with me... Don't go floating downstream. Without my gold... Who am I supposed to be? Taxman takes a little... King takes one more. Outlaw takes the taxman... Leaves me keeping score. Everybody's honest When it's somebody else's chest. Everybody loves justice... Long as they're the one who gets. They call it redistribution... That's a mighty fancy word. Looks to me like daylight robbery... But maybe I ain't heard. Stay with me... Hiss, don't look at me like that. You know I'm right... You know where it's at. Stay with me... Don't let the kingdom fall apart. A king without his treasure Is just a man with a frightened heart. Pray if praying helps you. Sing if singing will. You can hide up in the greenwood... The taxman's climbing still. Run across the river. Sleep beneath the sky. Sooner or later... Everybody pays somebody. That's just how the world goes. Don't blame it all on me. I only made the rules... I didn't make greed. Funny thing about power... You never know it's gone 'Til the room gets awful quiet And everybody's moving on. Funny thing about money... Cold against your skin. You hold it with your fingers... It gets a hold within. Now I hear my own voice Echo off the stone... Big old castle... Small old throne. Stay with me... Don't leave your poor King John. Laugh if you must... Just don't be gone. Stay with me... One more night, one more day. Take the crown... But leave the shine, I pray. Stay with me... (Hiss...) ...you still here? Good. (Robin Hood!) If you're listening... Bring back my taxes. ...No? Well... Worth asking.
