MODERN FOLK
GUILTY MONEY:
THERE WAS A MAN NAME JOE, WHO HAD A UNCLE WHO WANTED TO PAY FOR HIS SCHOOL. SEE JOE HAD NO MONEY AND NEEDED A FUTURE, BUT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BEING PAID FOR JOE DIDN’T GO. HE SAID WHY SHOULD I WASTE MY TIME, IM IN THE WILL AND JOES FRIEND SAID…
CHORUS: ITS GUILTY MONEY YOU WILL SEE. ITS GUILTY MONEY AND IT DOESN’T COME FREE.
VERSE: JOE LAUGHED IT OFF AND WENT ON HIS WAY. YOU WOULD SEE HIM DOWN AT THE POOL HALL DRINKING A BEER. HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS HE DO WHEN HIS UNCLES LIFE PASSED ON THRU. PEOPLE JUST STARED SOME OF THEM LAUGHED AND JOES FRIEND SAID..
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VERSE: WELL THE DAY CAME WHEN JOES UNCLE PASSED. HE SAID CUT HIM A PINE BOX AND SAY A PRAYER. HE SAID PASS ME THAT PAPER WITHOUT ANY DESPAIR BUT ON THE WILL THERE WAS A LETTER AND THE LETTER SAID. I WORKED HARD ALL MY LIFE TO PASS YOU MY RICHES, PUT IT TO GOOD USE THEN PASS IT ON. JOE FELT GUILTY THAT HE WOULD WASTE THIS MONEY SO HE GAVE IT TO A STRANGER THAT WOULD PUT TO GOOD USE.
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