[Verse 1] I used to sign my name and watch the world say yes Champagne in the morning, gold-plated excess Every door was open, every smile was bought If the price was on the table, then the answer was not I owned the penthouse view, the jets, the city lights Paid for all my problems to vanish out of sight Thought the green could fix the holes inside my chest Turns out some things ain’t sold when you’re paying at your best [Pre-Chorus] But the market crashed inside me, not the Wall Street kind The fortune stayed, the feeling left my mind [Chorus] Money can’t buy you back the years you burned for cash Can’t buy the sleep you lose, or fix the things you smash Now I’m broke in ways a billion dollars couldn’t mend Counting coins of regret, with no one left to lend I had it all, now I’m counting scars instead Money can’t buy you love, and it can’t buy back the dead [Verse 2] Now I’m clocking in with ghosts I used to laugh at Shaking hands with leeches that I’d never look back at The same ones I stepped over on my way to the top Now we share the same damn floor and the same stale mop I despised their empty talk, their desperate grins Swore I’d never sink so low to be where they’ve been But hunger makes you humble, pride gets sold for bread Now I’m passing salt to bastards I once left for dead [Pre-Chorus] The crown’s gone heavy, but there’s no servant left to hold it The mirror’s cheap now, and I’m the one they sold it [Chorus] Money can’t buy you back the years you burned for cash Can’t buy the sleep you lose, or fix the things you smash Now I’m broke in ways a billion dollars couldn’t mend Counting coins of regret, with no one left to lend I had it all, now I’m counting scars instead Money can’t buy you love, and it can’t buy back the dead [Bridge] I bought the fast cars, but I couldn’t buy the way out Bought the loud crowds, but I couldn’t buy a way out Of this silence in my head when the lights go down The cash can’t drown the voices that I used to drown I traded soul for stocks and called it self-made Now the only thing I own is the mess I made [Verse 3] Remember when my name would open velvet ropes? Now I wait in line with men I used to call my jokes We split the same cold coffee, talk about the rain And I nod along, pretending that I don’t feel the shame They don’t know I had their rent inside my pocket Could’ve bought their dreams and never even clocked it Now we’re equal in the ruin, equal in the dirt And the only thing I own is this custom-tailored hurt [Final Chorus] Money can’t buy you back the years you burned for cash Can’t buy forgiveness, can’t undo the crash Now I’m rich in all the ways that leave a man forlorn With a thousand-dollar watch and a soul that’s torn I had it all, now I’m learning what it’s worth To survive with the people I thought I’d left in the earth Money can’t buy you love, and it can’t buy back your birth Now I’m just another man, with nothing left but earth [Outro] So count your bills, then count your friends when you’re alone See which pile gets taller when the dealer’s gone ‘Cause I was king of everything I could afford Now I’m just a beggar, trying to settle the score
