Hard Cash - Herbert Grönemeyer

They saunter past, neck-tied, suited and briefcased\ndeparture gates flooded in indecent haste\ntoo big for their boots\nthey’re all too big for their boots\nthey’re ready and waiting, get their eyes peeled\neager to bid, to make a cheap deal\njovial figures, jovial characters.\nThey make the system tick, grease the palm…\neverything’s on offer\nthey make the system tick, always got the right note\nready in their hands.\nNothing counts except\nhard cash, how much do you want for that?\nthe world has come up for sale\nhard cash, the east has been knocked out flat\ncapital is in full sail.\nThese off-the-peg jokers show no hesitation\nthey’re tough as nails, vanguard of the nation\nfeel nothing under their fat\nfeel nothing under their fat\ngreasy wads flashed before you know it\nany pause for reflection would surely blow it\nwould blow the quick deal\nblow the hard-headed deal.\nWestern-widesceen, quick on the draw\nin unequal showdown\nwestern-widesceen, the golden horsemen\nride into the sunset once again.\nNothing left except\nhard cash, how much do you want for that?\nhere’s to the German Mark\nhard cash, the east has been knocked out flat\ncapital, the school of sharks.\nTime is cash, the rest is trash\nmorals are bogus\ngetting ready for the bright new world\nlet’s make the money our focus\nno more sentiment…\nNothing left except\nhard cash, how much do you want for that?\nHere’s to the German Mark\nhard cash, the east has been laid out cold\nswallowed by the school of sharks.\nHard cash, no one can stop it now\nborders are over-run\nhard cash, how much is the world?\nThat’s how the deal is done.