Insert a coin to hear the band play Spend some time, then take your change Notes on the page turn to bills on the stage Ideas on a tray to take home and play But don't touch my hands with your warm change The cash in the hand changes a man To a transaction in some other man's plan Time was born in a clock, music comes from a box And paper always beats the rock Value assigned to the dime is a crime For six or nine or half of the time Don't touch the stones that you don't believe You can't take them with you when you leave Warm change is a trick up a golden man's sleeve But don't touch my hands with your warm change The cash in the hand changes a man To a transaction in some other man's plan Time was born in a clock, music comes from a box And paper always beats the rock Don't open the box and alter the state Don't touch what you cherish or it will change Tender your soul to the currency Hold onto your money like it's a dream.