No Swoon - "Forward"

When I'm broker than broke And it's all up in smoke I got zero Gambled and beat No shoes on my feet I ain't no hero My luck is I'm lost at a horrible cost And I'm down Held the ground And viewed as unsound And I gotta say, I'm the happiest man In the world When you ain't got nothin' You ain't got nothin' they can take away Got all the time in the world To check out this gorgeous day Ain't got no cellphone Bill collectors leave me alone Ain't got no unaffordable mortgage I'm no unaffordable home and I gotta say I'm the happiest man in the world Well look at my friends They are all like jewels I am rich Some people get power, they act like fools I never switch Sittin' on a park bench lovin' the sun Ain't got a nickel but it sure is fun And I gotta say I'm the happiest man in the world Well I went to the ATM and I was broke I almost choked when it spoke Said, "You are broke Financially depleted, your money is deleted Like your hairline, it has receded" It continued to speak, it said "It's bleak Your troubles are peak" But it offered a solution, a bitter restitution This ATM was the machine with the means Spillin' the beans to pay for my dreams I said "You're givin' me chills, spit out the bills! I need a tower of gold the contents of the king's billfold I need the treasure in a pirate's hold I need cash, hard and cold I'm insatiable, from what I've been told I need the profits of a corporation sold and if I can be so bold What Wall Street stole and enough dough to buy a Rolls And hand-tailored clothes, and mansions and islands that I have chose And I don't want to die, I want my body to be froze Security that'll never doze Live sculpture in a perpetual pose I wanna be bathed in velvet from my head to my toes I want my teeth capped in gold so when the light goes out, my head it glows" No sooner had I spoken Did the ATM spit out a bus token Said "Here's the situation You'll be takin' public transportation" I was incredulous, this is an insult off the charts! I said "What do I look like Cinderella at the Wal-Mart?" I felt like a clown as I drove through the town in the bus in the back Thought I had riches, but I didn't have jack Eyein' the street, tryin' to comprehend my defeat And who did I spy with my little eye but Shina With a new life complete See, she had done time for a serious crime but After her incarceration she had given her life a new interpretation by Ringin' the bell for the salvation of souls And when they hear the bell toll They know they are in receipt of a place to eat And a place to warm their feet I said "Look at my friend Shina Ain't she an angel? Righteously sweet!" Her life could've been for naught Her resurrection was hard fought And here comes Bobby, he's off the pipe He should've been dead we all thought He was up to his neck he was a wreck But he kept it in check with a sense of humor He had us laughing at his antics even through a tumor And I hope he hangs onto his health Cause roarin' and his glorious stories adds to my wealth And there's Jennifer she's workin clerkin' She's also on the pole, got the young boys jerkin' Now that's no judgment berserkin' Homelessness was lurkin' She got a special needs child so she does it all with a smile Borderline smirkin' I think it's safe to say I had an epiphany that day Look at all my friends, barely employed Maintaining their integrity, not null and void Inspirational, conversational These are the things that I've enjoyed I've seen beggars with the stature of kings I've seen homeless sharin' as if they had wings And other things like patients on death's door Smilin' more, not knowin' what's in store I saw the clarity, charity, and it humbled me galore And I went back to that ATM again and requested an encore Because sometimes you gotta open up your eyes And see what life is truly for And that ATM didn't gloat It said "Aw you ain't really broke You're rich as a king You just ain't got no money, that's the thing!" Alamo, stuff you got at the mall Stuff you got, it'll break Put down that cellphone, talk to me face to face Well I'm checkin' out people, lovin' the ways Ain't been broker in all of my days And I gotta say I'm the happiest man in the world And I gotta say I'm the happiest man in the world And I gotta say I'm the happiest man in the world