Evan Alonzo - Greenback Waltz (2014, iPhone recording) Lyrics

Oh cotton, cotton, currency
How much do you mean to me?
Oh sell the oceans and buy the seas
Oh cotton, cotton, currency

Fill me up, fill the void
Convince me it's all not for naught
That my stay here is not such a temporal one
That I'm not just a fleeting thought

Well I hate to admit how I need you
To keep shining the light on my dreams
To sustain me and pain me all at the same time
It's a zero-sum game it seems

Oh cotton, oh cotton, oh currency
How much do you mean to me?
Oh sail all the oceans and burn all the trees
Oh cotton, oh cotton, oh currency

Diamonds and pearls and the shiniest things
Roots of material lust
The eyes of dead presidents staring me down
I have no stocks, no bonds, and no trusts

Well maybe one day I'll have plenty of pay
And I'll put all the Joneses to shame
Well maybe I'll waller right here in my filth
And you'll see that my smile's just the same

Oh cotton, oh cotton, oh currency
How much do you mean to me?
Oh sell all the oceans and buy all the seas
Oh cotton, oh cotton, oh currency

Well if love is all that we really need
Explain to me why it's so hard
Why is she always so angry at me
While I'm burying bones in the yard

That ol' Mother Nature don't bargain
And I'd like her to help raise my own
To feed them and breed them for lifetimes to come
So let's not over-reap what she's sewn

Oh cotton, oh cotton, oh currency
How much do you mean to me?
Oh sail all the oceans and burn all the trees
Oh cotton, oh cotton, oh currency