The Money Flows Up
from Planting in a Drought by Tom Smith
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The Money Flows Up
by Tom Smith (ASCAP)
© 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
The money flows up
The money flows up
We’re workin’ in a world that’s bottom-side-top
Where the costs flow down and the money flows up
I work two jobs. My wife does too
There’s nothin’ left when the bills come due
We can work all day and never fill our cup
Where the costs flow down and the money flows up
The money flows up
The money flows up
We can work all day and never fill our cup
Where the costs flow down and the money flows up
If you build your house on a master plan
That’s born on the backs of the common man
But the benefits go to the few at the top
Then the costs flow down and the money flows up
The money flows up
The money flows up
When the benefits go to the few at the top
The costs flow down and the money flows up
I’ve got this to say to the penthouse few
There’s ninety nine of me for every one of you
We can break that dam where the deals are struck
That make the costs flow down and the money flow up
The money flow up
The money flow up
We can breach that dam where the deals are struck
That make the costs flow down and the money flow up
To the folks who work on Capital Street
Who hear just the voice of the corporate elite
It’s quite simple. You can fix things up
Spread the costs around, the money shows up
The money shows up
The money shows up
It’s quite simple, you can fix things up
Spread the costs around, the money shows up
[CODA]
We can work all day and never fill our cup
When the benefits go to the few at the top
But we can breach that dam where the deals are struck
That make the costs flow down and the money flow up.
by Tom Smith (ASCAP)
© 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
The money flows up
The money flows up
We’re workin’ in a world that’s bottom-side-top
Where the costs flow down and the money flows up
I work two jobs. My wife does too
There’s nothin’ left when the bills come due
We can work all day and never fill our cup
Where the costs flow down and the money flows up
The money flows up
The money flows up
We can work all day and never fill our cup
Where the costs flow down and the money flows up
If you build your house on a master plan
That’s born on the backs of the common man
But the benefits go to the few at the top
Then the costs flow down and the money flows up
The money flows up
The money flows up
When the benefits go to the few at the top
The costs flow down and the money flows up
I’ve got this to say to the penthouse few
There’s ninety nine of me for every one of you
We can break that dam where the deals are struck
That make the costs flow down and the money flow up
The money flow up
The money flow up
We can breach that dam where the deals are struck
That make the costs flow down and the money flow up
To the folks who work on Capital Street
Who hear just the voice of the corporate elite
It’s quite simple. You can fix things up
Spread the costs around, the money shows up
The money shows up
The money shows up
It’s quite simple, you can fix things up
Spread the costs around, the money shows up
[CODA]
We can work all day and never fill our cup
When the benefits go to the few at the top
But we can breach that dam where the deals are struck
That make the costs flow down and the money flow up.
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from Planting in a Drought,
released March 27, 2020
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Tom Smith Boston, Massachusetts
“Folk music is still a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, needs, struggles and triumphs. Tom Smith is a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.” – Dave Palmeter, WUMB-FM Boston ... more
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