Bag Full of Money

Lyrics

Floating, I'm floating on down through the sky
 Never had no ambition to learn how to fly
 I'll be glad when it's over and ready to land
 With this bag full of money I've got in my hand
 Oh, I grew up believing in Jesse and Frank
 'Cause I never had nothin' or none to thank
 And I came pretty close to unloadin' a bank
 But I was saved by my draft board who made me a yank
 Floating, I'm floating on down through the sky
 Never had no ambition to learn how to fly
 I'll be glad when it's over and ready to land
 With this bag full of money I've got in my hand
 And in the 101st they busted your hump
 But they taught me a man isn't always a chump
 In the course of Korea I learned how to jump
 In the card game of life I was holding a trump
 Floating, I'm floating on down through the sky
 Never had no ambition to learn how to fly
 I'll be glad when it's over and ready to land
 With this bag full of money I've got in my hand
 If you can't get a job and they think you're insane
 If the years of your youth have been washed down the drain
 And you wake up some mornin' with nothin' but pain
 It was then I decided to grab me a plane
 Floating, I'm floating on down through the sky
 Never had no ambition to learn how to fly
 I'll be glad when it's over and ready to land
 With this bag full of money I've got in my hand
 With all of my training it wasn't too tough
 Now I'm through taking orders and all of their guff
 Gonna buy a Rolls Royce and some luxury stuff
 'Cause a veteran's pension ain't nearly enough
 Floating, I'm floating on down through the sky
 Never had no ambition to learn how to fly
 I'll be glad when it's over and ready to land
 With this bag full of money I've got in my hand

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Song Details

Duration
03:19
Key
7
Tempo
148 BPM

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