Blue Money

About Blue Money

"Blue Money" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was the second of two Top Forty hits from his 1970 album, His Band and the Street Choir (the other being "Domino"), reaching #23 on the US charts. The US single featured "Sweet Thing", from the album Astral Weeks, as the B-side. It was released as a single in the UK in June 1971 with a different B-side, "Call Me Up in Dreamland". The song became Morrison's third best selling single of the 1970s, remaining on the charts for three months. The lyrics have the singer promising his girl that they will paint the town together with her "blue money." Critic Maury Dean states that the theme picks up from Lefty Frizzell's 1950 #1 song "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time." In a 1972 Rolling Stone interview with John Grissim Jr., Morrison commented about the popularity of "Blue Money" in cities like Boston and New York: "Out here I get asked to play 'Blue Money' all the time. All the kids love it, the kids in the street. It's their favorite number." more »

Year:

1970

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The photographer smiles
Take a break for a while
Take a rest, do your very best
Take five, honey
Five, honey

You search in your bag
Light up a fag
Think it's a drag, but you're so glad
To be alive honey
Alive honey

Said when this is all over
You'll be in clover
We'll go out and spend
All of your blue money
Blue money
Blue money

Do-do-you-do, n'-do-do-you-do
N' do-do-do-you do, n' do-do-do-you-do
N' do-do

Alright, (do-do) do-it

Do-do-you-do, n'-do-do-you-do
N' do-do-do-you do, n' do-do-do-you-do
N' do-do, do-do

Alright, (do-do) do-it

Well the cameraman smiles
Take a break for a while
Do your best, do your very best
Take five, honey
Take five

You search in your bag
Light up a fag
Say it's a drag, but you're so glad
To be alive honey
Alive honey

Said when this is all over
You'll be in clover
We'll go on out and spend
All of your blue money
Blue money
Blue money alright

Do-do-you-do, n'-do-do-you-do
N' do-do-do-you do, n' do-do-do-you-do
N' do-do

Alright, (do-do) do-it

Do-do-you-do, n'-do-do-you-do
N' do-do-do-you do, n' do-do-do-you-do
N' do-do, do-do
Alright, (do-do) do-it

One more time

Do-do-you-do, n'-do-do-you-do
N' do-do-do-you do, n' do-do-do-you-do
'N-do-do (do-do)

Hey (do-do)

Do-do-you-do, n'-do-do-you-do
N' do-do-do-you-do, n' do-do-do-you-do
'N-do-do

Alright, do-do

Say, when this is all over
We'll be in clover
We'll go out and spend all your

(Blue money) blue money

Blue money (blue money)

Ooh juice money, loose money

Juice money, loose money, honey

(Do-do-do, do-do-do-do)
What kind a money, honey?

(Do-do-do, do-do-do-do)
Juice money, loose money

Blue money (do-do-do, do-do-do-do)

Juice money

Loose money (do-do-do, do-do-do-do)

Blue money

Hey, alright

Juice money
Ow
Long as you wanna be

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Van Morrison

Van Morrison, OBE (born George Ivan Morrison; 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are described as transcendental, while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are critically acclaimed and appear at the top of many greatest album lists. more »

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