Gold in the Gutter

[Verse] Dreams of dollars in the dirt Don’t care if it’s clean Climbing ladders made of lies I’m a profit machine Got a suit of cardboard and a briefcase of steel Ain’t nothing rich about the way I feel [Verse 2] Investment’s my guitar Stocks strum in the night Portfolio like a freight train Never outta sight Chasing greenbacks in the alleyway I play this game Cap’n of capitol Money’s my name [Chorus] Gold in the gutter Silver in the street Dollar signs in my eyes Can't accept defeat I’ll buy and I’ll sell Just to stake my claim In the neon wilderness Cash is my fame [Verse 3] Banker's blues And a wallet that weeps Investment angels In the shadows they creep Corporate skyscrapers whisper fortunes untold In this capitalist heartbeat My soul is sold [Verse 4] Climbing the peak with a banjo in hand Playing tunes of commerce I’m gonna command From the boardroom to back street It’s all the same Got a monetary melody on my capitalist brain [Bridge] Paper trails and ticker tales They lead me on Where the green grows wild Under the all-night neon I’m a two-faced troubadour In a suit and a tie Singing songs of fortune 'neath the capitalist sky