Story Behind The Song
This is one of a cycle of songs about how the decisions some baby boomers made in the Sixties are affecting them today.
Song Description
Who comes up with these mood and subject categories?! Jeez. This song is a sarcastic, acerbic look at someone who decided to make their life be about making money. It's done in a Beatle-esque style; an homage to their psychedelic phase, but with a solid groove.
| Song Length |
4:45 |
Genre |
Rock - Psychedelic, Rock - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Economics, Conformity |
Similar Artists |
The Beatles |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
MONEY'S NOT THE ANSWER
Words & Music
Tom Griffith
The day you left school you got yourself a job
Carved out your career, oh yeah you worked real hard
And you made it all the way to the top
You traded in your Beetle for a Mercedes Benz
Got yourself a family that you see now and then
Yeah you made it. So why can't you stop?
You have everything you need except the one thing that you want
What do you want? What do you want?
Chorus: If that's the question, money's not the answer
If that's the question, money's not the answer
Well you've been rich and you've been poor
You like to tell your friends you know one thing for sure
Rich is better. And that might be true
But lately you've been thinking 'bout the races you've run
All the ballets you've fought, all the victories you've won
And you wonder just where they got you
You tell yourself you're happy but you're really not
What makes you happy? What makes you happy?
Chorus
So are you really captain of your destiny
Or is your tiny boat drifting, lost at sea
You don't know how to tell anymore
You have everything you need except the one thing that you want
What do you want? What do you want?
Chorus
© 2000 Two Wings Music/ASCAP