I was young and healthy   Extremely wealthy   I swung in the trees   And did as I pleased   I thought I was rich   Oh yeah   Such sweet seduction   I could feel the suction   Greasing my palm   And doing no harm   Just making some deals   What a bitch      Money talks to me   Whispers in my ear   Gives me everything I want   Everything I want      I had rising stock   So I got more pockets   I knew somewhere to stick it   Where no-one would nick it   I kinda went private   And then, aha   Such sweet seclusion   No more intrusion   Too much food on my plate   But there's guards at the gate   Such joy   I could almost die of it      Money talks to me   Lays it on the line   Gives me everything I want   Everything I want      Money goes to money   Yes it always returns   Finds its way back to the big house   Where it lives all alone   Wraithlike silent partners   Operators of the system   Give words of quiet assurance   To an otherwise healthy victim      It's all coming back to me   I would swing in the trees   And I'd swim in the ocean   I used to show some emotion      I was not to blame   I feel no shame   The structure was shaking   Was there for the taking   I had the resources   But then, oh no   Someone outbid me   I can't take it with me?   Then I will devour it   I can't go without it   It's simply a question of   Market forces      Money talks to me   Whispers in my ear   Gives me everything I want   Everything I want   Money talks to me   Laughs right in my face   Gives me everything I want   Everything I want