Kids Just Wanna Have Fund$ Words and Music by Bill Pere They want a million dollars to to have some great adventure On their Christmas list they ask for convertible debentures They leave me broke, no money for my dentures Kids just wanna have funds...Kids just wanna have.... funds Moolah, dollars, greenbacks, rupees, sheckles, lira, francs, A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound.....or (Who is that kid? I don't know...) They go to the arcade to live the life nocturnal With quarters upon quarters to play those games infernal At dinner I say pass the bread, they pass the Wall Street Journal Kids just wanna have funds...Kids just wanna have.... funds Moolah, dollars, greenbacks, pengos, pesos, zloty, kroon A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound.....or (Who is that kid? I don't know...) They want a private jet and each day before they fly out They have imported ice cream and a beverage, then they cry out “Let's hit Toys ‘R Us, and do a leveraged buyout!” Kids just wanna have funds...Kids just wanna have funds Moolah, dollars, greenbacks, quetzal, colon, krona, baht A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound.....or (Who is that kid? I don't know...) They graduate from college with no debt, it's quite a feat Enlightening their minds as my savings they deplete They hand me their diploma and say “Dad, here's your receipt!” Kids just wanna have funds...Kids just wanna have funds Moolah, dollars, greenbacks, guilder, kopeck, drachma, lev A mark, a yen, a buck, or a pound.....or (Who is that kid? I don't know...) Just a dollar, Just a dollar! (No! No!) Just a dollar, Just a dollar! (No! No!) Just a dollar, Just a dollar! (No! No!) Kids just wanna have funds...Kids just wanna have funds (There he is! Ask him! Okay wise guy, who are you?) (The name is Bond... Savings Bond....) © Copyright Bill Pere. All Rights Reserved |