See the money wanna stay for your meal
Get another piece of pie for your wife

Everybody wanna known how it feel
Everybody wanna see what it's like

For baby wanna be a queen well alright
We all deserve the finer things in this life

So working on a little job in the night
That's forty dollars an hour when I see the light

The boss said I look tired I don't mind
He'll be working in a small box 'til he die

For me I gotta be free all my life
I want a little cream cheese in my pie

Alright

Yeah all that time for you know that's
The greenback boogie
The motherfucking boogie

Now puttin' on a big wig
Walkin' hall
Hanging with them big pigs
Huff and toss

Got me a couple ideas straight from god
I want a bean pie order me a bean pie
Living in a a beehive and I don't mind
Me and Missy it's so early, busy busy makin' money

Alright

All step back, I'm 'bout to dance
The greenback boogie
The greenback boogie
Boogie now for me

Hey

Say it's more better
When you give it away
It's called the greenback boogie
What people don't say now, I'll say

It's better when you give it away
It's called the greenback boogie
Don't give it all away now, I'll say

It's better when you give it away
It's called the greenback boogie
Don't give it all away now, I'll say

See the money wanna stay
For your meal
Or say it's gonna put some love in your life

Don't ya really want to know how it feel
Everybody wanna see what it's like
People wanna be inside
It ain't lies
We all know there's better things in this life

Yes I'll step out for your last dance
On the greenback boogie
Motherfucking boogie
Boogie oogie oogie
Greenback boogie

C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back to
C'mon back to

C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back to c'mon back to

It's the greenback boogie
It's the greenback boogie
Don't give it away now
Don't give it all away now, I say

It's better
In the greenback boogie
Don't give it away now
Don't give it all away now, I say

It's better
It's the greenback boogie
Don't give it all away now

C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back to, c'mon back to
C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back to paradise
C'mon back, c'mon back to
C'mon back to paradise


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Greenback Boogie Lyrics as written by Alex Ebert Tim Anderson

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    "greenbacks" are slang for money aren't they?

    vulnaviaon January 12, 2012   Link

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