its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Instead of goin' out
To dinner tonight
We can grow vegetables
Underneath our skylight
Clickin' these downloads
Everyday has it's price
We can lounge on our couch
And listen to our 45's
So take your Dollar, your Yen
Those Euros I can't spend
I won't get down with no Pounds
Never need to leave this house
Don't need your moneybox
'Cause I got lots and lots
Of what I need right here
Right here with you, my dear
Don't need a cash machine
To make our days happy
So do me a favor
Don't jingle your change sir
Happy for me, happy for you
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Instead of goin'
To the movies tonight
There's no shame in us playin'
Best of that Sega Mega Drive
Hand me your trousers
You got holes in your knees
It's no fuss, patch them up
Forget about that shoppin' spree
So take your Dollar, your Francs
Your Rupees, your Peso
I won't get down with no Pounds
Never need to leave this house
Don't need your moneybox
'Cause I got lots and lots
Of what I need right here
Right here with you, my dear
I know I don't need the cash machine
To make our days happy
Happy for me, happy for you
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Don't have your moneybox
It's not much of a loss
All that dough just goes to waste
'Cause you're worth more anyway
Don't need to travel
'Round London tonight
We can play Monopoly
Buy Mayfair in our own time
So take your Dollar, your Baht
I couldn't give a penny
That's enough, give it out
Never need to leave this house
Don't need your moneybox
'Cause I got lots and lots
Of what I need right here
Right here with you, I know
I know I don't need the cash machine
To make our days happy
Happy for me, happy for you
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Don't need your moneybox
'Cause I got lots and lots
Of what I need right here
Right here with you, I know
I know I don't need the cash machine
To make our days happy
Happy for me, happy for you
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
To dinner tonight
We can grow vegetables
Underneath our skylight
Clickin' these downloads
Everyday has it's price
We can lounge on our couch
And listen to our 45's
So take your Dollar, your Yen
Those Euros I can't spend
I won't get down with no Pounds
Never need to leave this house
Don't need your moneybox
'Cause I got lots and lots
Of what I need right here
Right here with you, my dear
Don't need a cash machine
To make our days happy
So do me a favor
Don't jingle your change sir
Happy for me, happy for you
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Instead of goin'
To the movies tonight
There's no shame in us playin'
Best of that Sega Mega Drive
Hand me your trousers
You got holes in your knees
It's no fuss, patch them up
Forget about that shoppin' spree
So take your Dollar, your Francs
Your Rupees, your Peso
I won't get down with no Pounds
Never need to leave this house
Don't need your moneybox
'Cause I got lots and lots
Of what I need right here
Right here with you, my dear
I know I don't need the cash machine
To make our days happy
Happy for me, happy for you
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Don't have your moneybox
It's not much of a loss
All that dough just goes to waste
'Cause you're worth more anyway
Don't need to travel
'Round London tonight
We can play Monopoly
Buy Mayfair in our own time
So take your Dollar, your Baht
I couldn't give a penny
That's enough, give it out
Never need to leave this house
Don't need your moneybox
'Cause I got lots and lots
Of what I need right here
Right here with you, I know
I know I don't need the cash machine
To make our days happy
Happy for me, happy for you
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Don't need your moneybox
'Cause I got lots and lots
Of what I need right here
Right here with you, I know
I know I don't need the cash machine
To make our days happy
Happy for me, happy for you
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Lovey, lovey, lovey-love
Lyrics submitted by sparklefairy
Moneybox Lyrics as written by Matthew Alan Prime Eliza Sophie Caird
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
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This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
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Awesome song, especially the Jamie XX remix. Anyway I think TedB's got the right idea, specifically I think it's about being a moneyless freegan. How choosing not be sell themselves via wage earning "'cause you're worth much more anyway", and in doing so choosing to be 'poor', they're acctually having more fun doing what they want to do with their time; "don't need your cash machine, to make our days happy".