Rich - The New Respects

If I had a pence

For every moment that I said I’d walk away

I’d be about as rich

As if I had a cent for all the times I stayed

And that’s rich, baby

That’s rich

And if the love you gave to me

Was water that would let me live

Well, I would slowly die of thirst

Because you’ve got no love to give

You took all my love and gambled every bit

And that’s rich, baby

That’s rich

When man lives for money

The money kills his soul

And no matter how hard he tries

He can’t buy it back with all his gold

When man lives for money

The money kills his soul

And no matter how hard he tries

He can’t buy it back with all his gold

Now one day I’ll be basking in

The loving of some other man

And you’ll still be a miser

Hanging onto things you just don’t understand

One day you’ll see the currency

Of life is love, not pennies in your hand

And that’s rich

That’s rich