Songs about Money

The Pretender - Jackson Browne

excerpt:

I’m going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender

The Money Song  -  Lisa Minelli & Joel Grey  -  from Caberet

Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire - Joni Mitchell

A wristwatch, a ring, a downstairs screamer
Edgy-black cracks of the sky
"Pin cushion prick fix this poor bad dreamer"
"Money" cold shadows reply
Pawnshops crisscrossed and padlocked

Little Old Money Maker  -  The Meters  -  1988

The Sting (soundtrack) - Marvin Hamlisch - In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.

I Found A Million Dollar Baby In A five And Ten Cent Store  -  The Mills Brothers

1913 Massacre - Woody Guthrie

Excerpt: 

Well a little girl sits down by the Christmas tree lights,
To play the piano so you gotta keep quiet,
To hear all this fun you would not realize,
That the copper boss' thug men are milling outside.

The copper boss' thugs stuck their heads in the door,
One of them yelled and he screamed, "there's a fire,"
A lady she hollered, "there's no such a thing.
Keep on with your party, there's no such thing."

A few people rushed and it was only a few,
"It's just the thugs and the scabs fooling you,"
A man grabbed his daughter and carried her down,
But the thugs held the door and he could not get out.

And then others followed, a hundred or more,
But most everybody remained on the floor,
The gun thugs they laughed at their murderous joke,
While the children were smothered on the stairs by the door.

Such a terrible sight I never did see,
We carried our children back up to their tree,
The scabs outside still laughed at their spree,
And the children that died there were seventy-three.

The piano played a slow funeral tune,
And the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon,
The parents they cried and the miners they moaned,
"See what your greed for money has done."

Danny's song - Anne Murray

Escerpt:

And even though we ain't got money,
I'm so in love with ya honey

You Can Take It With You - Tim McGraw

Excerpt:

"It was a man who'd never been left who said
You can't take it with you when you go

Hell, she took everything but the kitchen sink
If I had me a glass Lord, I'd pour me a drink
It's a lesson hard learned but it just goes to show
You can take it with you when you go...."

And so on...

Take back your mink  -  Jean Simmons  -  from Guys and Dolls  -  1955

Mean Mister Mustard - The Beatles

Mean Mister Mustard sleeps in the park
Shaves in the dark trying to save paper
Sleeps in a hole in the road
Saving up to buy some clothes
Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose
Such a mean old man

Like A Rolling Stone  -  Bob Dylan

Excerpt

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Forget your lust for the rich man's gold
All that you need is in your soul

I've Done Everything For You (you've done noithing for me)  -  Rick Springfield

Excerpt:

I knew some day I'd have a whole lot of money, 
I'd be a millionaire,
But when that didn't happen overnight,
I found out how much you really cared

All you want is a whole lot money,
All the rest is just jive, and honey,

I've done everything for you,
You've done nothing for me.