GANGgajang - American Money

"American Money" by GANGgajang from the album "gangAGAIN" was released in 1987. Written and sung by Geoffrey Stapleton. Video directed by Keir McFarlane.
A high quality version is available on DVD from the band's website, 
http://www.ganggajang.com/
or from iTunes.

AMERICAN MONEY
(G.Stapleton)

"Is this what my life amounts to?"
Says the man with the carnation in his lapel,
"I didn't know it worked this way
I thought every dog had his day"

And he'd believed in the dream
He'd waited on every corner
But now forsaken he explains
It wasn't the temptation of a woman

It was American money
I tell you it made him what he is today
It was American money
He imagined stuffing pictures of Washington
In the pocket of his raincoat

"So where has my family gone to?"
Says the man
From the fortieth floor of his hotel
Well everybody has to pay
But maybe it's in different ways

'Cause he'd believed in the dream
Why he'd met it on every corner
But he never could explain
What could made a man lose his sense of decency

It was American money
I tell you it made him what he is today
It was American money
So don't underestimate the power of
The dollar in your pocket

American money
And there's pictures of Washington
Falling from his pockets

Now they got guns in outer space
And nobody's going to win that race
'Cause when there's nowhere left to hide
You won't be taking sides

Though you believed in the dream
And it was waiting on every corner
But now it's coming down around you
Like bankers jumping from the windows of Wall Street

American money
I tell you it made us what we are today
It was American money
So don't underestimate the power
Of the dollar in your pocket

American money
I tell you, made us what we are today
It was American money
We'd imagined stuffing pictures of Washington
In the pockets of our raincoats

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• GANGgajang
• American Money
• Mark Cal Callaghan
• Graham Buzz Bidstrup
• Chris Bailey
• Robert James
• Geoffrey Stapleton
• Australian band

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[mmmhwww]

This song came to mind after watching a doco called Fiat Empire: Why the Fed...

Great Aussie band, up with the Triffids.

[swanstep]

Great song with an effective/cool vid.. I was reminded of both song and vid a few years ago by Death Cab for Cutie's (similarly excellent) Sound of Settling and its clever vid.. Here's hoping a few more people get to hear and see this stuff now.

[AusBeatle]

Just read the full tab. 1987 hahaha. I feel good thanks to this song. Thank you GANGgajang.

[AusBeatle]

OH thanks for posting this. Just Brilliant. I remember the first time I heard this song, Driving in my old Valiant and this was on the radio. this must be 23 years ago? Great Song, fantastic. You know Ive thought about this song on lots of occasions and could even remember the words. It really stuck in my mind. Ive been trying to track this song down for years. Is the album gangAGAIN still available? I'll buy it in a heartbeat. I still got the old Valiant too by the way.