| Big Money **************** My older brother Tommy was a lineman, rest his soul His job was hanging hot wires on them high-line power poles Every morning bright and early he�d climb way up in the sky And I never understood it so one day I asked him why He said it pays big money and man, I�m into that It pays big money if you�re willing to take a chance Let me tell you something, sonny, you ougta see my bank account It pays big money but he sure can�t spend it now Well, my late Uncle Charlie was this demolition hound He�d travel across the country blowing buildings to the ground He carried a case of dynamite seemed everywhere he went He smoked them big long cigars and he�d wink at you and grin He said it pays big money and man, I�m into that It pays big money if you�re willing to take a chance Let me tell you something, sonny, you ougta see my bank account It pays big money but he sure can�t spend it now Well, now the moral of this story, boys Is don�t go getting yourself killed Be kind to your rich relatives They just might put you in their will That pays big money and we�re all into that It pays big money and big money�s where it�s at Let me tell you something, sonny, you ougta see my bank account It pays big money and we�re rolling in it now It pays big money having foolish kin It pays big money, guess I owe it all to them Let me show you something, sonny, take a look at this bank account It pays big money, let�s all spend some of it now |