[Verse 1]
Of all of the people that I used to know
Most never adjusted to the great big world
I see 'em lurking in bookstores
Workin' for the public radio
Carryin' their babies around in sacks on their backs
Movin' careful and slow

[Chorus]
It's money that matters
Hear what I say
It's money that matters
In the USA

[Bridge]
All of these people are much brighter than I
In any fair system they would flourish and thrive
But they barely survive
They eke out a living
They barely survive

[Verse 2]
When I was a young boy, maybe thirteen
I took a hard look around me, asked "What does it mean?"
So I talked to my father, he didn't know
I talked to my friend, he didn't know
I talked to my brother, he didn't know
Talked to everybody that I knew
[Chorus]
It's money that matters
Now you know that it's true
It's money that matters
Whatever you do

[Verse 3]
I talked to a man lived up on the county line
I was washin' his car with a friend of mine
He was a little fat guy in a red jumpsuit
I said, "That looks kinda funny"
He said, "I know it does too
But I got a great big house on the hill here
Great big blonde wife inside it
Great big pool in my back yard
Another great big pool beside it

[Chorus]
"Sonny, it's money that matters
Hear what I say
It's money that matters
In the USA
It's money that matters
Now you know that it's true
It's money that matters
Whatever you do"