Dar Williams - Play The Greed Lyrics
I finally learned that the market's righteous hollerComes from a pale face on a paper dollarAnd I betcha got few bucks in your hemp walletSo throw a tiny wrench in the fiber optic wiresMorals are cheap and you can be the buyersWe can let 'em poison and perish foreign landsOr we can play the greed right into our handsOh, woah - oh, woahEverybody says it can't happen hereEverybody says it can't happen hereThings'll turn around just as sure as they said itHell, things change and they all take creditSo ask why there's only forty songs on a stationAnd ask your cafe about their coffee's plantationAnd why is it Arizona hasn't gone solar?And tell your print shop that hemp grows fasterAnd it doesn't mean a back room clear cut disasterThe market doesn't care but it wants to understandAnd you can play the greed right into your handsOh, woah - oh, woahSmiling man says it can't happen hereChannel 4 says it can't happen hereThings'll turn around just as sure as they said itHell, the change comes and they all take creditSo roll up your pennies and do your battleThe chairman will start quoting Chief Seattle andPut little tree frogs on their letterhead'Cause the market resists and the market absorbsWith a five-pointed leaf on the cover of ForbesThe very same people turned valleys to damsThese are the ones that drain prairies to sandAnd they'd just as soon you didn't know this land is your landBut we can play the world back into our handsOh, woah - oh, woahMalcom's gonna say it can't happen hereRupert's gonna say it can't happen hereThings'll turn around just as sure as they said itHell, things change and they'll always take the creditOh, woah - oh, woahOh, woah - oh, woahOh, woah - oh, woahHell the change comesLet's let 'em take the credit
