Money Out Of Misery

Money Out Of Misery
by Si Kahn & Tom Chapin
© Joe Hill Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Making money out of misery
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Look around what do I see
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Making money out of misery
Look around, what do I see
Rotten apples on the family tree
Whoa-oh-oh

Making millions out of selling guns
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Take a look at all the damage done
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Making millions out of selling guns
Take a look at all the damage done
Then start counting up the fallen ones
Whoa-oh-oh
Making money out of misery
Look around, what do I see
Rotten apples on our family tree
Are making money out of misery

Prisons for-profit putting folks in jail
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Men and women who can't go their bail
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Prisons for-profit, people in jail
Men and women can't go their bail
All these young lives up for sale
Whoa-oh-oh
Making money out of misery
Look around, what do I see
Rotten apples on our family tree
Are making money out of misery

Look in the mirror, see the light
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
People working hard day and night
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Look in the mirror, see the light
People working hard day and night
Sure, there's wrong but there's so much right
Whoa-oh-oh

Listen to voices in the family band
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Who make a difference, who take a stand
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Hear the voices in the family band,
Make a difference, take a stand
Sometimes a hero is a helping hand
Don't you know. We can
Make some magic out of misery
I help you, you help me
The sweetest apples on our family tree
Are making magic out of misery

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Threads CD.

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