WELL MY OLDER
BROTHER TOMMY
WAS A LINEMAN
REST HIS SOUL
HIS JOB WAS HANGING
HOT WIRES
ON THEM HIGH-LINE
POWER POLES
EVERY MORNING
BRIGHT AND EARLY
HE'D CLIMB WAY UP
IN THE SKY
AND I NEVER
UNDERSTOOD IT
SO ONE DAY
I ASKED HIM WHY
HE SAID
IT PAYS BIG MONEY
AND MAN I'M INTO THAT
IT PAYS BIG MONEY
IF YOU'RE WILLING
TO TAKE A CHANCE
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING SONNY
YOU OUGHT TO SEE MY
BANK ACCOUNT
IT PAYS BIG MONEY
BUT HE SURE CAN'T
SPEND IT NOW
WELL MY LATE
UNCLE CHARLIE
WAS THIS
DEMOLITION HOUND
HE'D TRAVEL 'CROSS
THE COUNTRY
BLOWING BUILDINGS
TO THE GROUND
HE CARRIED A CASE
OF DYNAMITE
SEEMED
EVERYWHERE HE WENT
AND HE SMOKED THEM
BIG LONG CIGARS
AND HE'D WINK AT YOU
AND GRIN
SAID IT PAYS BIG MONEY
MAN I'M INTO THAT
YEAH IT PAYS BIG MONEY
IF YOU'RE WILLING
TO TAKE A CHANCE
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING SONNY
YOU OUGHT TO SEE MY
BANK ACCOUNT
YEAH IT PAYS BIG MONEY
BUT HE SURE CAN'T
SPEND IT NOW
NO
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
WELL NOW THE MORAL
OF THIS STORY BOYS
IS DON'T GO
GETTING YOURSELF
KILLED
BE KIND TO YOUR RICH
RELATIVES
AND THEY JUST MIGHT
PUT YOU IN THEIR
WILL
AND THAT PAYS
BIG MONEY
YEAH AND WE ALL
INTO THAT
YEAH THAT PAYS
BIG MONEY
AND BIG MONEY'S
WHERE IT'S AT
LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING SONNY
YOU OUGHT TO SEE MY
BANK ACCOUNT
YEAH IT PAYS BIG MONEY
AND WE'RE ROLLING
IN IT NOW
IT PAYS BIG MONEY
HAVING FOOLISH KIN
YEAH IT PAYS BIG MONEY
GUESS I OWE IT ALL
TO THEM
LET ME SHOW YOU
SOMETHING SONNY
YEAH
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
BANK ACCOUNT
YEAH IT PAYS BIG MONEY
LET'S GO SPEND
SOME OF IT NOW
HOW'S IT WORKIN' BILLY
HOW MUCH FOR THAT
STICK OF GUM THERE
UH HUH CAN YOU BREAK
A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL
THAT'S ALL I GOT
A LOT OF 'EM YEAH