you don't need money to have fun, you don't need money to have fun
you're re set for life if you can learn this lesson when your young
you don't need money to have fun

there is overcrowding at the fancy private beaches
and the swimming pools have chemicals and bleaches
but the gravel pit is free and you get to swim with leeches
you don't need money to have fun

renting skis and a lift ticket will cost you 70 bucks
but you can slide down the mountain on a cardboard box
and think of all the fun you'll have, trying to avoid the rocks
you don't need money, to have fun.

every book you could ever wish for to read
repair manuals and comics and great movies
are all available free at your public library
you don't need money to have fun

if a famous band is coming but your feeling glum
the prices are outrageous and its over 21
just make music with friends you can invite everyone
you don't need money to have fun

or if a comedian is coming to a local place
but you cant afford it you've fallen from grace
volunteering with children should put a smile on your face
you don't need money to have fun

hollywood films all have predictable ends
but you can make crazy new movies with your friends
and trying to improve your skills the challenge never ends
you don't need money to have fun


you cant afford a drum machine to make fat beats
circuit bend a garage sale toy and create weird bloops and bleeps
if you make your own instruments your sound will be unique
you don't need money to have fun


alcohol and drugs can suck your funds away
addiction to cigarettes ensures you'll pay and pay and pay
exploring caves and abandoned buildings gets you higher anyway
you don't need money to have fun


some struggle without realizing they could do without the frills
by living frugally you can reduce the number of your bills
so you can fill your life with the things you find fulfilling
don't envy those who breeze through without spending a shilling
you too could be making nothing but still be making a killing
you don't need money to have fun

corporations think of you as a consumer to buy crap
threre's another economy that cant be represented by their graphs
its quantified in kisses, hugs and smiles and laughs.
you don't need money to have fun