The New Pornographers

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Play Money

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Play Money

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I only play for money, honey

Look at what this run has done to me

It has me gunning for the country

Skies memory and moonless

A vision copied from the bootlegs

We are out of tune so mostly tuneless

For a fee I'll fight any foe

For a fee I'll take any blow

I only play it cool and bruising

But only when my lips are moving

You've been careful here to keep the tempo

Only play with money, careful

Not to trigger some reversal

And to live by an obscure example

For a fee I'll fight any foe

For a fee I'll stop any show

I know, have an eye on you to get this right

Have an eye on you to climb these heights

Have an eye on you, ops, pay-per-view

[I had to know]? (distorted)

I beat the path of least resistance

Over the hills and out of wisdom

And just when I thought we beat the system

I knew a gentleman of leisure

He loved to talk about his treasure

And of how he got it for a song, song, song, song

For a fee I'll right any wrong

For a fee I'll right any wrong

For a fee I'll fight any foe

For a fee I'll stop any show

I know, have an eye on you to get this right

Have an eye on you to climb these heights

Have an eye on you, ops, pay-per-view

[I had to know]? (distorted)

Have an eye on you to get this right

Have an eye on you to climb these heights

Have an eye on you, ops, pay-per-view

[I had to know]? (distorted)

Only live for happy endings

Stop them like we started

Pardon my affinity for clothes and clueless

Never been an opportunist

I accept the prize if I somehow surprise us all

And get there soonest

I only play for money, honey

I only play with money, honey

I only play with money, honey

I only play with money, honey

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