How To Be a Millionaire

01 BETTER BEAT THAN DEAD

 

They threw me out late at night

Now I got no bed

Recovering on the curb

Better beat than dead

better beat than dead

 

A champion in my prime

So the year book read

Now I'm thinner than my last dime

even under fed,  I'm better beat than dead

 

you gimme a warm coat

I'll be fine

some people are born old

I remember the time

 

coulda been quite a pair

you picked him instead

I married a fifth of rye

I'm better beat than dead

 

I wanted what you had

come the rain

we would have been iron clad

I stepped off of the train

 

get yourself rectified

ain't that what you said

unburden that idiot pride

get it through your head

I'm better beat than dead

better beat than dead

 

02 how to be a millionaire

buy high swing low

catch a freight train by the toe

soon you will know

how to be a millionaire

 

I got a hole in the bucket

only I can see

a hole in the bucket

staring back at me

I got  a hole in the bucket

I'm trying to fill

the harder you hug it

the more I spill   

 

under the bridge

thatÕs where I hid

flipping my lid

broke and bare

tied to the wheel, banded with steel

now I reveal

how to be a millionaire

 

take a stand

bank card in your hand

roll it down the hill

hope like hell some jack or jill will bail you out

 

I got a rip in the pocket

from a worn out  seam

a tear in the ticket

I will never redeem

I caught a ride on a rocket

but I'm frightened to fly

I gotta hole in the bucket

gonna drain me dry

 

under the bridge

thatÕs where I hid

flipping my lid

broke and bare

tied to the wheel

banded with steel

now I reveal

how to be a millionaire

 

I got a hole in the bucket

a tear on your locket

a crash in the market

 

 

03 there will never be another you

 

I'll write the history  you'll dig the hole

she threw a kiss to me   and the rest I stole

down by the reef

that place we know

I'd like to we meet

one more time now

 

I was only fooling darlin' take your shiny  key

pack the car, keep the dog and drive me to the sea

run to him, try to swim

til you're out of view

there will never be another you

 

VERSE 2

our ragged destiny ran out of road

the way you tested me made my heart explode

 

out by the mall

we had a laugh

I dropped the ball

all comes flooding back

 

I was only fooling darling, take your shiny key

pack the car keep the dog and drive me to the sea

run to him, try to swim, til you're out of view

there will never be another you

Oh no . . . another you

 

diving for mother of pearl

through a ring of fire

you drown me

astound me

one more time  now

 

I was only fooling darling take your shiny key

pack the car keep the dog and drive me to the sea

run to him, try to swim, do what you must do

there will never be another you

trust me

there will never be another you