Wouldn't Want to Be Like You

Album: Threads (2019)
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  • Money is the Bentley parked on Wall Street
    Money is the new friends you make each week
    Money is the inside guy at the bank
    Money is the yacht right before it sank
    Bet you never thought you'd want so much
    Bet you never thought it'd be so tough
    So you sell your soul for a piece of the pie
    Now you can't sleep so you don't even try

    I wouldn't want to be like you
    I wouldn't want to be like you, no way
    I wouldn't want to be like you
    You tell a lie, you tell a lie, you tell a lie
    But that don't make it true

    Money is the monkey giving you a back ache
    Money is the grease in the palm of the handshake
    Money covers up all the evidence
    Not taking all the money would have made the best sense
    Bet you never thought you'd bleed that much
    Bet you never thought I'd be so rough
    You thought you could beat them at their game
    But they wrote the rules, now you take the blame

    I wouldn't want to be like you
    I wouldn't want to be like you, no way
    I wouldn't want to be like you
    You tell a lie, you tell a lie, you tell a lie
    But that don't make it true

    All the players on the sidelines
    Feigning shock and innocence
    Hear no, see no, speak no evil
    Take the fall for all of the play

    Money is the orange jumpsuit you're wearing
    Money is the gray roots in your blonde hair and
    Money is the ex-wife and the ex-girlfriends
    Money you hid is the money they're spending
    Here's to the brand new diamond bracelet
    Here's to the too tight ankle bracelet
    Here's to the days before you went down
    'Cause what goes around comes around and around

    I wouldn't want to be like you
    I wouldn't want to be like you, no way
    Oh, I wouldn't want to be like you
    You tell a lie, you tell a lie, you tell a lie
    But that don't make it true

    I wouldn't want to be like you, no way
    Oh, I wouldn't want to be like you
    You tell a lie, you tell a lie, you tell a lie
    But that don't make it true
    No, that don't make it true
    Ooh, that don't make it true Writer/s: Annie Clark, Sheryl Suzanne Crow
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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