Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  



Don't Bring Us Money

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1967 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1995.


Bring us potatoes say the diggers,
Bring tangerines and a sack of pinto beans,
Bring a side of beef and a tarragon leaf,
But don't bring us money cause it's poison.

Bring us some jackets say the diggers,
Bring us some beads and some other basic needs,
Sandals and some socks for climbing on the rocks,
But don't bring us money cause it's poison.

Bring us some shovels, say the diggers,
Bring us some awls for mending people's shawls,
Bring us some nails and some galvanized pails,
But don't bring us money cause it's poison.

Bring us some kettles say the diggers,
Bring along a bowl if you want to feed your soul,
A song and a word to give some hungry bird,
But don't bring us money cause it's poison.

Money is a blight, say the diggers,
Money comes in, and love takes wing,
Bread should be free, and napalm shouldn't be,
So who needs money, when it's poison.

Bring us potatoes say the diggers,
Bring tangerines and a sack of pinto beans,
Bring a side of beef and a tarragon leaf,
But don't bring us money cause it's poison.


Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
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