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I want to be wealthy

from Mr. Paul McMahon by Paul McMahon

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I WANT TO BE WEALTHY

I WANT TO BE WEALTHY BEYOND ALL DREAMS
I WANT TO LIVE IN A PALACE SURROUNDED BY NATURAL STREAMS
CAVIAR AND CHAMPAGNE FROM DUSK TIL DAWN
AND A CADRE OF FLUNKIES ON ME TO FAWN

I WANT TO BE WEALTHY I KNOW YOU THINK IT'S BAD
BUT TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ME MAD
I KNOW YOU CRITICIZE ME I ALSO KNOW YOU'RE A FOOL
I KNOW YOU CRITICIZE ME I ALSO KNOW YOU'RE A FOOL
CAUSE EVERY TIME OUR EYES MEET YOU JUST STAMMER AND DROOL

I NEED TO KNOW THAT NOTHING CAN HARN ME
I'VE HAD MY FILL OF CONQUERING ARMIES
I LUST FOR POWER I'M FILLED WITH GREED
I NEED THESE THINGS TO SATISFY MY NEEDS

FIVE BILLION DOLLARS IS NOT TOO MUCH
I NEED TO PUT MYSELF PERMANENTLY OUT OF TOUCH
OF THE CRUEL AND STUPED INSENSITIVE CLUTCH
OF THIS WORLD OF MISFITS I HATE SO MUCH

[INSTRUMENTAL]

I'VE HAD ENOUGH IT'S TRUE
I'VE SUFFERED ENOUGH AND I'M THROUGH
WITH WANTING TO BE HAPPY WANTING TO BE NICE
I'LL BE SATISFIED WITH A HEART OF ICE

I WANT TO BE HEALTHY BEYOND ALL DREAMS
TO LIVE IN A PALACE SURROUNDED BY NATURAL STREAMS
AND I DON'T CARE IF THAT SOUNDS MEAN
I WANT TO BE WEALTHY BEYOND ALL DREAMS

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from Mr. Paul McMahon, released July 9, 1990

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45
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