Great Big Money Machine

The AAFM song, "Engine 143" is about the American obsession with power, speed, and risk.  When those obsessions are driven by greed you have an American Dream which is more Capitalist nightmare than democratic or fair.  This song is a light hearted agitpop tribute to the American Dream perpetually corrupted by greed.  

Great Big Money Machine

Gonna save my money
For my great big money machine.
Gonna save my money
And build a great big money machine.

Got a great big money machine,
Great big money machine.
Got a great big money machine,
Got a great big money machine.

Well I made it outa my dreams,
Well I made it outa my tears.
Made a great big money machine
Outa smoke and outa mirrors.

I made it outa your hopes,
And I made it outa your greed.
Now won't you gimme all of your money
For my great big money machine?

Press a key, I make it go up.
Press a key, I make it go down.
I can turn the key on my money machine,
I can make the world go round.
Well it uses all of my time.
Gotta work and work and work and
Gotta work that money machine,
Give it everything I have.

I knew I was a winner.
So I built it quick as I could.
And my money machine 
it made a lotta money,
but the money it made was no good.

It was making me so much money
There was nothing left for me to buy.
When the money machine it broke down 
All the money was gone in the blink of an eye.

It took all my money
To build a great big money machine.
I lost all my money
To a great big money machine.

Got a great big money machine,
Great big money machine.
Got a great big money machine,
Great big money machine.

It was a beautiful dream about money.
Makin money with money that's it!
But now my great big money machine's
Just a great big money pit!

It took all my money
To build a great big money machine.
It took my life right from me
To run a great big money machine.

I had a great big money machine,
Had a great big money machine.
I got a great big money machine,
Got a great big money machine.

Copyright © 2010, 2014 by David Larstein, all rights reserved.

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