If Dirt Were Dollars

　　If Dirt Were Dollars - Don Henley

　　Walkin like a millionaire

　　Smilin like a king

　　He leaned his shopping cart against the wall

　　He said, I been a lot of places

　　And I seen a lot of things

　　But, sonny, I seen one thing that beats em all

　　I was flyin back from lubbock

　　I saw jesus on the plane

　　...or maybe it was elvis

　　You know, they kinda look the same

　　Hey, look out, junior, youre steppin on my bed

　　I said, I dont see nothin

　　He just glared at me and said,

　　If dirt were dollars

　　If dirt were dollars

　　If dirt were dollars

　　I wouldnt worry anymore

　　Lookin like a beauty queen

　　Loyal as a wife

　　She raised her little voice and testified,

　　I am a good girl

　　Ive been one all my life

　　But her virtue was as swollen as her pride

　　She shouldve had the oscar

　　She must have been miscast

　　Her fifteen minutes went by so fast

　　I said, now, baby, have you got no shame?

　　She just looked at me, uncomprehendingly

　　Like cows at a passing train

　　If dirt were dollars

　　If dirt were dollars

　　If dirt were dollars

　　I wouldnt worry anymore

　　We got the bully pulpit

　　And the poisoned pen

　　We got a press no better

　　Than the public men

　　This brave new world

　　Gone bad again

　　Gods finest little creatures

　　Looking brave and strong

　　Whistling past the graveyard

　　Nothing can go wrong

　　Quoting from the scriptures

　　With patriotic tears

　　We got the same old men

　　With the same old fears

　　Standing at attention

　　Wrapped in stars and stripes

　　They hear the phantom drummers

　　And the nonexistent pipes

　　These days the buck stops nowhere

　　No one takes the blame

　　But evil is still evil

　　In anybodys name

　　If dirt were dollars

　　If dirt were dollars

　　If dirt were dollars

　　Wed all be in the black

　　If dirt were dollars

　　If dirt were dollars

　　If dirt were dollars

　　I wouldn't worry anymore

　　If dirt were dollars

　　If dirt were dollars