Big Wheel - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

I was standing at the entrance of a big funfair

Waitin' to pay my fee

They charged me much too much as usual

So I went to have a cup of black coffee

There in the hazy sunlight

Walkin' across the trampled grass

Was a guy wearin' a [?] bowler hat

And I thought, hey, could be good for some [?]

[Pre-Chorus]

Said to me, "Your dreams are made of things

Like fairytale castles and [?] a kiss"

He said, "Come and dream of dreams with me

I'll teach you to dream of sweet, sweet money"

[Chorus]

He said, "Fly on the big wheel

And be high on the big wheel

Because money talks"

[Verse 2]

I watched a gentleman who was standing on the grass

Laying down the coats as the ladies walked past

But they didn't lay down their coats for me

'Cause I looked like a woman of peasantry

I said to the man in the bowler hat

"Now why do I look so cheap

I might not smell like a first-rate aristocrat

But I thought there was a rich-lookin' lady in me"

[Pre-Chorus]

He said to me, "Your dreams are made of things

Like tall treehouses and plastic rings"

He said, "Come and dream of dreams with me

I'll teach you to dream of sweet, sweet money"

[Chorus]

He said, "Fly on the big wheel

And be high on the big wheel

Because money talks"

[Verse 3]

He said new [?] would change my face

And change my rags to pearls and lace

And soon I'd feel I had a place

And that I belong here

I became a part of the jet set

I go out in the rain and not get wet

I had a chauffeur and a limousine

And the bums, they all laughed at me

[Pre-Chorus]

And said, "Your dreams are made of things

Like [carded?] paper money and diamond rings

You know, you used to dream your dreams with us

When you were[n't?] up here livin' up"

[Chorus]

Flew too high on the big wheel

I know I flew too high on the big wheel

Because money talks

[Verse 4]

So I went to the preacher in my satin dress

And said, "My Lord, I must confess

I flew too high, I went too far

You can have my money and my big car, you know

I'm goin' back to where I belong

Where the rich throw coppers when I sing them songs

Yeah I've had my share of crazy dreams

Money don't mean nothin' to me, you know"

[Pre-Chorus]

My dreams are made of things

Like sunny days, blue-green seas

Hey world, come dream your dreams with me

And you'll forget all about your sweet, sweet money

[Chorus]

Beware of the big wheel

And take care on the big wheel

Because money talks

[Outro]

Money talks

You know money talks

Money-a-hey, yeah

Money, yeah, yeah

Money