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"Is this what my life amounts to?"Says the man with the carnation in his lapel,"I didn't know it worked this wayI thought every dog had his day"And he'd believed in the dreamHe'd waited on every cornerBut now forsaken he explainsIt wasn't the temptation of a womanIt was American moneyI tell you it made him what he is todayIt was American moneyHe imagined stuffing pictures of WashingtonIn the pocket of his raincoat"So where has my family gone to?"Says the manFrom the fortieth floor of his hotelWell everybody has to payBut maybe it's in different ways'Cause he'd believed in the dreamWhy he'd met it on every cornerBut he never could explainWhat could made a man lose his sense of decencySongtexteIt was American moneyI tell you it made him what he is todayIt was American moneySo don't underestimate the power ofThe dollar in your pocketAmerican moneyAnd there's pictures of WashingtonFalling from his pocketsNow they got guns in outer spaceAnd nobody's going to win that race'Cause when there's nowhere left to hideYou won't be taking sidesThough you believed in the dreamAnd it was waiting on every cornerBut now it's coming down around youLike bankers jumping from the windows of Wall StreetAmerican moneyI tell you it made us what we are todayIt was American moneySo don't underestimate the powerOf the dollar in your pocketAmerican moneyI tell you, made us what we are todayIt was American moneyWe'd imagined stuffing pictures of WashingtonIn the pockets of our raincoats Aus Songtexte Mania