Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song If Dirt Were Dollars , by - Don Henley. Release date: 31.12.1988
Song language: English
If Dirt Were Dollars |
| Walkin' like a millionaire |
| Smilin' like a king |
| He leaned his shopping cart against the wall |
| He said, «I been a lot of places |
| And I seen a lot of things |
| But, sonny, I seen one thing that beats 'em all |
| I was flyin' back from Lubbock |
| I saw Jesus on the plane |
| …or maybe it was Elvis |
| You know, they kind of look the same |
| Hey, look out, Junior, you’re steppin' on my bed» |
| I said, «I don’t see nothin'» |
| He just glared at me and said, |
| If dirt were dollars |
| If dirt were dollars |
| If dirt were dollars |
| I wouldn’t worry anymore |
| Lookin' like a beauty queen |
| Loyal as a wife |
| She raised her little voice and testified, |
| «I am a good girl |
| I’ve been one all my life» |
| But her virtue was as swollen as her pride |
| She should’ve had the Oscar |
| She must have been miscast |
| Her fifteen minutes went by so fast |
| I said, «Now, baby, have you got no shame?» |
| She just looked at me uncomprehendingly |
| Like cows at a passing train |
| If dirt were dollars |
| If dirt were dollars |
| If dirt were dollars |
| I wouldn’t worry anymore |
| We got the bully pulpit |
| And the poisoned pen |
| We got a press no better |
| Than the public men |
| This brave new world |
| Gone bad again |
| God’s finest little creatures |
| Looking brave and strong |
| Whistling past the graveyard |
| Nothing can go wrong |
| Quoting from the scriptures |
| With patriotic tears |
| We got the same old men |
| With the same old fears |
| Standing at attention |
| Wrapped in stars and stripes |
| They hear the phantom drummers |
| And the nonexistent pipes |
| These days the buck stops nowhere |
| No one takes the blame |
| But evil is still evil |
| In anybody’s name |
| If dirt were dollars |
| If dirt were dollars |
| If dirt were dollars |
| We’d all be in the black |