Song Description
A description of events that causes the storyteller to believe that the golden rule isn't working well
| Song Length |
3:36 |
Genre |
R & B - Funk, Blues - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Irritated, Affable |
Subject |
Justice, Money |
| Similar Artists |
Lyle Lovett, Edie Brickell |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
Read an ad in the paper
Said: "you wanna make some cash?"
"send 25 dollars,
We'll get back to you real fast."
I sent them my money
And I knew I got screwed
When they said "do unto others
As we've just done to you"
(chorus)
And it don't seem fair
But no one cares
So if you wanna ask me
The golden rule has gotten rusty, yeah!
Went to the doctor
Said, "I think I got the flu"
Doctor said, "you're not supposed to think
I'll tell you what to do"
He wrote a prescription
That cost me 90 bucks
Sent me out the door
yellin', "lots o' luck"
(chorus)
(bridge)
Well it seems like life
Is smoke and mirrors
Satisfaction is never guaranteed
It leaves me confused
And goin'in circles
Life ain't got no warantee
Life ain't got no warantee!
Went to the store
and bought a stereo TV
91 days later it blew up on me
Back at the store
To see what they could do
But the IRS had got there first
and that's how I got the blues
And it don't seem fair
but no one cares
So if you wanna ask me
The golden rule has gotten rusty, yeah!