Everybodys Broke by Herbie Hancock Lyrics

(This is Mr. Foxxy... get your collection...
Miss Brand-new at home? She won't answer...)

(You open up this door... you owe us money from a long time ago
Now, I want you to try to pay your way out of this mess
I'm getting ready to repossess your Cadillac!)

[Verse 1]
Who
Is dreamin' up a scheme
Just so they can pick
Pick your pockets clean
How
Can you pay your rent
When the money's spent
Before you get it
Nothin' in your pockets do ya
Love it when they sock it to ya
Watchin' all your dreams
Go up in smoke
Find your funds are insufficient
Fishin' for a cash position
Baby, you're just ordinary broke!
[Chorus 1]
Everybody's broke
Ain't nothing funny
When they're messin' with your money
Everybody's broke
(Ain't no joke)

[Post-Chorus]
We all ain't got no money
And I don't think it's very funny
Everybody's broke

(Flat-busted and disgusted... why everybody's got an attitude, when can't nobody buy no food?)

[Verse 2]
See
How they legalize
How the eagle flies (sweet bird)
When
Will old Uncle Sam
Find some other scam
(Get your hands outta my pocket, homie)
Scary and inflationary
'Stead of sittin' stationary
Uh, loosen up your grip before we choke!
It's hard to comprehend it
When it's gone before you spend it
Baby, everybody's broke
[Chorus 1]
Everybody's broke
Ain't nothing funny
When they're messin' with your money
Everybody's broke
(Ain't no joke)

[Chorus 2]
Everybody's broke
Ya run outta cash
Ya look in the stash
It's nothin' but empty
Everybody's broke

[Chorus 1]
Everybody's broke
Ain't nothing funny
When they're messin' with your money
Everybody's broke
(Ain't no joke)

[Post-Chorus]
We all ain't got no money
I don't think it's very funny
Everybody's broke! Listen...
[Bridge]
Welcome to the great depression
Uh, it's double dip recession
Enough is never quite enough
(Oh say, can you see)
Oh, the cost of living is killing me!
I can't afford to buy own tin cup
Thank you, lady

[Interlude]
Hello, miss Jackson. I hate to bring bad news to you
But uh, you know your payment's past due?
Uh, you better get your payment in my office today
Or I'm gonna have to take your luxuries away
Ha ha, ha ha, I ain't- I ain't dancing to this

[Vamp]
Tell you something funny
I don't want your money
Saving for somebody else
You don't have to lend it
Baby, you can spend it
Or let it collect dust on the shelf
Dig in!
Gotta find a mean
Dig in!
To those frightening beams [?]
Dig in!
Deep in your pocket
Where you gonna run, when the landlord's knockin'?
Dig in!
When you down on your luck
Dig in!
You gotta find some buck
Dig in!
Nothing getting cheaper! We all keep on digging, but the hole's getting deeper

[Chorus 1]
Everybody's broke
Ain't nothing funny
When they're messin' with your money
Everybody's broke
(Joke? What joke?)

[Post-Chorus]
We all ain't got no money
I don't think it's very funny
Everybody's broke

[Outro]
Everybody's broke
...body's broke, oh
Everybody's broke
It sho' ain't no joke
Everybody's broke
...body's broke
It sho-nuff ain't no joke
Everybody's broke
Nuh-uh, I ain't got no dough, [?]
Everybody's broke
Everybody's broke
It ain't no joke
We all ain't got no money
And I don't think it's very funny
But uh... everybody's broke
Everybody's broke
Ain't no joke
Everybody's broke
Don't come knocking on my door!
Everybody's broke
Everybody's broke