Money
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Songs about or mentioning money.
Central theme[edit]
- Alienation's For The Rich
- All Expenses Paid
- Bills, Bills, Bills
- Dollar For Dollar
- Great - "If you have $100, I can save you $200"
- Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal - The song is about a musician (or a band) that bribes a DJ to play their record.
- Lord Snowdon - Told from the perspective of a man who seems to be very wealthy, yet is discontented
- Minimum Wage
- Money For Dope
- The Neck Rolls Aren't Working - The chorus includes "And I saved up all my money for some lessons on how to spend money"
- Snowball In Hell - "Money's all broke", "Time is Money", "Money I owe, money-iy-ay"
- Yeah, The Deranged Millionaire
Briefly mentioned[edit]
- Absolutely Bill's Mood - "Put a dime in my jukebox"
- Anyone Can Fill My Shoes - "But when do I collect my pay?"
- Apple Juice Blues - "Gimmie a dollar! Gimmie two dollars!"
- Bangs - "The money's under your hat"
- Best Regrets - "And what was happening was happening with ten quarters and five dimes"
- Birdhouse In Your Soul (Demo) - "People couldn't live in it, but I think it's worth the money and hurt"
- Careless Santa - "Bag of money is all he stole for me"
- Charleston - "Government paying subsidies, music farmers take the cash"
- Christmas In The Big House - "Begging some guy for a loan"
- Cast Your Pod To The Wind - "Disregard the expense"
- Celebration - "The racer must attach five dollars to their car and drive to the DJ booth."
- Complete Paranoia - "Doesn't take a millionaire to see"
- Countdown Intro - "Make way for the one band that can overcome the zero in their bank account."
- Different Town - chocolate hundred-dollar bills
- Dog - "He’s a dog who made his money selling troubled assets"
- Don't I Have The Right? - "You sure weren't rich"
- Don't Let's Start - "Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account"
- Everything Right Is Wrong Again - "Every five and dime's been gained and spent"
- Flo Wheeler - "Work zone, fines are doubled"
- Glasgow - "Forty bucks", "The tip jar"
- Hillbilly Drummer Girl - "Free beer and eight dollars. That's money for new sticks."
- Hodgman Promo 3 - "Skipped out on $1200 worth of back-rent"
- I Broke My Own Rule - "A cost you can't / you can't afford to pay"
- I Palindrome I - "Someday mother will die and I'll get the money"
- Irving Plaza - "You've got the greenbacks"
- The Long Grift - "I'm just another dollar that you made in your long, long grift."
- Moonbeam Rays - "ATMs for a 20 dollar bill"
- No Answer - "The bank foreclosed on his dungeon when the Duke was late in paying"
- Number Three - "A rich man once told me, 'Hey, life's a funny thing.' A poor man once told me that he can't afford to speak"
- Re-PETE Offender - "Even the price is erased"
- Rowboat Mayor - "Our gold doubloons lost in the spray are never floating up"
- Seven Eleven - "Looked at an expensive item"
- She's Actual Size - "She's got all the money money couldn't buy"
- She Was A Hotel Detective - "She's a billionaire", "I don't think it was the money"
- Sketchy Galore - "...like he lost a dollar bill"
- South Carolina - The lines "I won some damages and they were punitive" and "I'd crush my head / Collect the bread" both obliquely refer to money
- Stalk Of Wheat - "I was all out of money like a bunny that's broke"
- Starry Eyes - "We paid for all the phone calls / The money's off the shelf", "Talking to the money men and carrying out affairs"
- T-Shirt - "Half will be money"
- There Will Be Sad - "Bill collectors gather and a debt will soon be paid"
- Thinking Machine - "Sleep expensive cloud enjoy"
- Trucker's Coffee - "I need a buck / I gotta deliver these apples"
- Village Gate Concert Promo - "It's only $7.50 to get in to the Village Gate"
- Wearing A Raincoat - "A friend that comes at a price"
- We Want A Rock - "I'd hammer on my piglet. I'd collect the seven dollars and I'd buy a big prosthetic forehead"
- When Will You Die - "We'll be lining up and buying tickets", "All the banks will close"
- You Are Old, Father William - "By use of this ointment, one shilling a box"
- You'll Miss Me - "Your money talks but my genius walks"
Honorable mention[edit]
- Don't Let's Start (EP) - Cover art features a snowman warming himself over a pile of burning money.
- Experimental Film - In the Homestar Runner video, the ATM, Strong Bad and Strong Mad stealing money from the ATM, and Strong Sad getting bags of money from the ATM.
- Now That I Have Everything - "I wasn't always so fortunate / But I knew what I had to do / To be well-to-do"