This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, never was for you...fuck you...

🎸 Not For You 🎶
💿 Vitalogy (1994)
First played: March 07, 1994
Last played: May 08, 2025
Times played: 256
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#lyrics Antje Duvekot--"South

Mother, mother take good care
Cause there are dagger shards of glass out there
The ones who wear the shoes don't seem to give a damn
It's hard to find a place to stand

Mother, mother take good care
I'm sure you know by now how many things get broken out there
And when you're sending off your bare foot little girl
Won't you say a prayer for her?

But you can hold onto your cross
Get down on your knees
Pray to your Jesus
But he packed his suitcase long ago
Threw up his hand and thus he spoke
"It's just no use
All of my love can't cure these blues
I'm going south
Where the sun shines, south"

Mother, mother take good care
Cause all they're handing out are tickets to nowhere
So teach your daughter how to be all she can be
And how to cry when it don't come easy

But you can hold onto your cross
Get down on your knees
Pray to your Jesus
But he packed his suitcase long ago
Threw up his hand and thus he spoke
"It's just no use
All of my love can't cure these blues
I'm going south
Where the sun shines, south"

And who'll carry the blame
Who's going to take up the campaign
The politicians in command are washing their hands
They've got to tend the marching band

When I was a kid, we didn’t murder CEOs
They just gave us each a penny and we did what we were told
They don’t care how many people they watch work themselves to death
The only thing they’re scared of is a bullet in the chest

Monopoly money, they spend it like it’s nothing
A mansion, an airplane, a couple politicians
Monopoly money, I kinda think it’s funny
You buy your way to heaven
But you die like the rest of us

When I was a kid, they told me I could buy a home
I could get myself a family, a career, and then grow old
They don’t care how many people they step on to get ahead
The only thing they’re scared of is a bullet in the head

Monopoly money, they spend it like it’s nothing
A mansion, an airplane, a couple politicians
Monopoly money, I kinda think it’s funny
You buy your way to heaven
But you die like the rest of us

When I was a kid
They taught me how to shoot a gun
Told me I would be a soldier
If they ever needed one
They don’t care how many people they send home inside a box
The only thing thing they’re scared of is the thought of being shot

Monopoly money, they spend it like it’s nothing
A sports team, a new car, a couple politicians
Monopoly money, I kinda think it’s funny
You buy your way to heaven
But you die like the rest of us

It’s hard
To die with such a guilty heart
And leave this world much better off
When you live like a parasite
Nobody misses you when you die

Monopoly money
They spend it like it’s nothing
You die like the rest of us

— Moon Walker, “Monopoly Money”

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