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.
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