I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

My friend John recommended, Free Money by Patti Smith. John was engaged to my sister-in-love, Joy when she was killed in 1984 by a drunk driver.

John writes,

“I hear it as the cry of a young dreamer who wishes for a better life, for herself and her lover.  If only we can “find a ticket, win the lottery…”  She’s not singing about greed – free money means freedom from the grind of never having enough to lead a full life.  She wants to be generous, adventurous: “I’d take that money, buy you things you never had…”  She’s searching for love and meaning and freedom. 

“While it would be several years from first hearing this song until I met Joy, this song could have been an anthem for us while we were dreaming together. 

“‘…our troubles would be gone…'”

Free Money
Every night before I go to sleep
Find a ticket, win a lottery
Scoop the pearls up from the sea
Cash them in and buy you all the things you need

Every night before I rest my head
See those dollar bills go swirling ’round my bed
I know they’re stolen, but I don’t feel bad
I take that money, buy you things you never had

Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me
Oh, baby, to buy you all the things you need for free

I’ll buy you a jet plane, baby
Get you on a higher plane to a jet stream
And take you through the stratosphere
And check out the planets there and then take you down
Deep where it’s hot, hot in Arabia, baby
Then cool, cold fields of snow
And we’ll roll, dream, roll, dream, roll, roll, dream, dream

When we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it
We’ll dream it, dream it for free, free money

Free money, free money
Free money, free money
Free money, free money

Every night before I go to sleep (free money)
Find a ticket, win a lottery (free money)
Every night before I rest my head (free money)
See those dollar bills go swirling ’round my bed

Oh, baby, it would mean so much to me
Baby, I know our troubles will be gone
Oh, I know our troubles will be gone, goin’ gone
If we dream, dream, dream for free

And when we dream it, when we dream it, when we dream it
Let’s dream it, we’ll dream it for free, free money

Free money, free money
Free money, free money
Free money, money

Free money, free money, free money, free money
Free money, free money, free money, free money
Free money, free money, free money, free money
Free money, free money, free money, free money
Free money, free money, free money, free money
Free money, free

Lyrics by Musixmatch.com

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