All By Choice
I don't want all the riches that I can manage
I just want a cent or two
Cause if the going rate is still a penny
I've cornered the market on you
I wish that you were taller
I wish you needed more support
I wish your waist was smaller
I wish you had something that I could extort
I wish the price was low
So I could buy your silence and still have enough to maintain my voice
But it's all by choice
The accountant's voice
But it's all by choice
I used to think that you were my greatest asset
But now the value's gone
Don't even bother trying to pay your respects now
You're horribly overdrawn
I wish that you were taller
I wish you needed more support
I wish your waist was smaller
I wish you had something that I could extort
I wish the price was low
So I could buy your silence and still have enough to maintain my voice
But it's all by choice
The accountant's voice
But it's all by choice
They say that diamonds are a girl's best friend
So where's your support group now?
They only wanted your autograph, anyhow
And only then to abuse it
Where there's a will there is a way
So won't you write me some way out
I've been lovingly devout and I've got the receipts to prove it
I've got them formalized, authorized, cauterized, analyzed
Still not enough to account for you
(1993, St. John's)