Where the Mouth Is by Peter Hammill Lyrics

Money where the mouth is, pennies on the eyes
Yeah, times are hard and you find that you're in trouble
But it's hard to sympathize
You talk up quite a story, you blow the bubble well
Money where the mouth is, silver-tongue the sell

Put up or shut up
Cut price or cut-up
Put up or shut up

Money where the mouth is, will there be just desserts?
White-collar crime – yeah, the summing-up
Will reckon surely nobody got hurt
Hey, offer jam tomorrow – the cash will do quite well
With your fair shares for all, try to practice what you preach
When they ring that Lutine bell
Hey, put your money where your mouth is
And hope the money talk will spring you from the cell

We've heard the empty promises, the barely veiled threats;
We've yet to see the colour of the money now –
We've yet to see it…
Oh, but we'll get to see it, you bet
Put up or shut up
Cut price or cut-up
Put the money where the mouth is

Yeah, you copped for quite a lot
But everything you got fell off the back end of the yacht
You did your best to grease the machinery
You shut us out of the talking shop:
The desks are empty when the buck full stops
Hey, you put your money where your mouth was not
You put your money where your mouth was not

Well, put the money where the mouth is
Snuffling in the trough
Yeah, put your money where your mouth is
With the pigs in the trough

Where the mouth is
Where the mouth is