Hmmm. That the lyrics cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions says something interesting about the actual content of this song. I won't try to wrap my head around that! Instead, I will say what I originally came here to say: this is a marvelous song with a political bent to it... which is not something you can too often say: that a song is both marvelous and political. And economic to boot. In a nutshell it's about big capitalistic countries (I wonder which one the author had in mind??) exploiting little countries for their resources and them leaving them high and dry when the resources run out. Of course, my dry recitation of what this song means does not do justice to the song, which succeeds in using rock and roll angst, and pseudo-mirth, to punctuate the song. And the words manage to get the point across in emotional, personal terms, all encapsulated in the caustic refrain (and I quote at the risk of stepping on the toes of the copyright cronies): "We don't want your money, we want mine." Great song, a truly great song.
Hmmm. That the lyrics cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions says something interesting about the actual content of this song. I won't try to wrap my head around that! Instead, I will say what I originally came here to say: this is a marvelous song with a political bent to it... which is not something you can too often say: that a song is both marvelous and political. And economic to boot. In a nutshell it's about big capitalistic countries (I wonder which one the author had in mind??) exploiting little countries for their resources and them leaving them high and dry when the resources run out. Of course, my dry recitation of what this song means does not do justice to the song, which succeeds in using rock and roll angst, and pseudo-mirth, to punctuate the song. And the words manage to get the point across in emotional, personal terms, all encapsulated in the caustic refrain (and I quote at the risk of stepping on the toes of the copyright cronies): "We don't want your money, we want mine." Great song, a truly great song.
@Boygo It's actually directed at their label (at the time) Lifesong, who apparently withheld royalties owing to the band.
@Boygo It's actually directed at their label (at the time) Lifesong, who apparently withheld royalties owing to the band.