Money Mcgillicutty Trained in the art of animal husbandry Carried a balpene hammer and a bag of fine cutlery Wore an old rosary was a gift from the nunnery Sight of a cripple always made her go rubbery Never blessed at birth with no semblance of subtlety Ran away from Tennessee at the age of seventeen Swore she was descended from Robert E. Lee Money Money Money Mcgillicutty Go and tell everybody Ain't got looks and she ain't got charm She never meant nobody no harm Money Money Money Mcgillicutty Diamond Jim went in for bootlegging Did a bid down Baltimore on 5 to 10 Got out in 7 and probation Let him out on November 10 First thing he did was bump the stooge that put him in Went underground with two Costaricans Spend all his time just memorizing The last books of the bible called Revelations Money Money ... Money met Jim at the bottom of a bottle of Gin Louisiana bar cross from a police station Double crossed by the Costaricans On about a pound and a half of heroin Money and Jim got drunk as sin Jim didn't know what kind of trouble he was in Little after midnight the cops busted in With itchy trigger fingers looking for Diamond Jim Money Money... When the cops pulled their guns Jim thought he was done But Money just laughed at the situation Threw a bottle cross the bar hit a cop in the head Two shots went off and the floor went red Jim pulled money out from under a table Got out the back door as fast as they were able Hot wired a Buick and headed for Texas Got married on the way with nobody to bless it Money Money... Couple of months and the bottom dropped out Money got drunk and punched Jim in the mouth Took the keys to the car, set fire to the house Jim went south, but the cops picked him out Diamond Jim went on back to jail Money didn't care enough to throw his bail So he's rotting there in Joaquina still And Money she just cries and wails Money she just cries and wails Money Money Money McGillicutty Go and tell everybody Ain't got looks well she ain't got charm She never meant nobody no harm Money Money Money McGillicutty