I Wanna Be Rich!!

 

I was there at Woodstock.  Been in the Peace Corps too.

Working for non-profits, anything that I could to ...

All for the human cause and  improving its condition.

But when I woke up today I had a different mission.

 

I wanna be RICH and dine tonight at Sardi’s.

Being rich means you never have to say that you are sorry.

Filthy Rich!!

Snore as my investments grow.

I wanna be the next star of Madonna’s video.

 

Ivan Boesky is my savior and Michael Milken too.

Donald Trump is still the king of cash.  Ronald Reagan’s my guru.

Yes, I have been born again as a capitalist full grown.

I’ll write a book and sell it all about the things I own.

 

Oh, make me rich.

I don’t care about the poor.

I used to have that malady, but I don’t anymore.

Wanna be rich.

Down with people.  Up with things.

I’m trading my granola for Liz Taylor’s diamond rings.

 

Well ... I’ll buy myself an army and I’ll buy myself a state.

I’ll buy a dozen dizzy blondes.  I’ll buy myself a date.

I’ll buy myself a President, then I’ll buy myself some clothes

And attend the inauguration of the guy you thought you chose.

 

And I’ll roast those bleeding liberals in the papers that I buy.

Don’t forget the cable systems.  I’m a multi-media kind of a guy.

I’ll have Sam Donaldson for breakfast and David Brinkley for my lunch.

George Will will be my closest friend with Gordon Gekko and his bunch.

And I’ll run the Goddamn Senate sitting in my easy chair,

Designing legislation for the PAC committees there.

Jesse Helms will council me.  He’s a man of taste and fame.

Then I’ll start up a philanthropy.  Immortalize my name!

 

And when I’m rich I’ll celebrate it with a war.

Pick out some third world country with oil.

-- That’s what they are for.

And if you have seen one tree, what’s the reason to see more?

 

It’s been a switch.  But I’d rather be rich.

I’ve found my niche.  I LIKE to be rich!

Ain’t life a bitch?

You gotta be rich!!!

Joel Landy,©, 1996

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