I wrote these words like ten years ago, after:

1) falling in love with a song called Cash Machine (it sounded great, even though I didn’t understand the meaning of most phrases and words used in it),

2) looking up the words and realising “um, no. DJ SallySALL shall NOT be singing along with this… little ditty!”

2.759) realising that the singer’s range and mine matched perfectly, and I sounded ok singing it.

2.99) finding out THE MELODY WAS SOO GREAT TO SING!

3-77,000) catching a quick second of the music video… which was in a “gentleman’s club” !! aka “if I’ma sing this, it needs a vibe switch, and now!”

So this is a bit of a parody (not officially, since it’s not about the band who first recorded it. But whatever.)

If you want to sing along, the band is called HARD-FI, and the original song is called CASH MACHINE.

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CA$H MACHINE

(An Alleged Parody)

I work like a machine
to make them feel at home
Gave up on social life
(so) they wouldn’t be alone

whoa, there’s no need to fight
every thing is alright
coz I’ve already paid
take it easy, eh,
know what i mean?
WHY?
“NO”?
+

I’m tired of living, it ain’t easy
you know it’s a drag
I hope and pray, well, so to say
You all would love me back
i wonder if you’ll ever know just
how much / you owe me
and even more-so
all those working in this cash machine
+

i give until i bleed
and who takes care of me?
i’d say an angel maybe
though i do not believe/
how nice, if that were true
right now i have no proof
it’s always been just me
and i’m the only angel in my
life
so
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If there’s a “great beyond,” the prize for
Kindness goes to ME/
i am the only angel guarding family
without my help where would these
people be?
out on the street, that’s where,
and would they even live or eat?
No!

[They’d die in their sleep… Oh!}

They couldn’t even breathe!
Oh! Oh! oh!

It’s my world
I won’t drop it
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And now I’ve reached the end
around are all my friends/
and those i helped in life–
it’s such a moving sight!
(gasp)

Wot??!

no, no, this can’t be right
i lived an honest life!
nobody’s perfect
BUT
i always did
what i thought
RIGHT!
SO??!
+

yo, pearly gates man, what’s the deal? you know the life i HAD

i fed the masses, cheered them up, even when I was SAD

if that won’t cut it, here’s a knife/
go on and make me bleed

i can’t believe you work here/ When
you are so
full of greed!

What more/could I ever/ need?
Than several thousand / good deeds
Oh, snap, my RSVP??!
Signed In Blood that / don’t belong to me???
Yo! Pearly G a FREAK?!

(The Blood Is From JC…)

And just / who would that be?

(sigh…)

(He Died upon a tree)

(He Died for you and me…)

Whoa, oh, oh, oh, OH…!