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He took up the book and began to read
And the words meant money, more money
And still more money, as much as a man could need
He used it first to set right his affairs
And became a peddler, a seller of wares
Come along, ladies, come buy
For there's all shades and sizes
Black, navy, pale blue, Prussian blue
Pastel, sky blue, beige, chocolate, fawn
Dark grey, grey, grey, pale grey, silver grey
Russet, maroon, brown, khaki
Unbleached linen by the yard
Printed cottons, crepe de chine
Silks and satins, pre-war prices
A peddler first, a seller of wares for a start
Then he needed no goods, he knew all the tricks by heart
Things go the way I make them go
For others only guess, I know
It's more than a book, it's wealth untold
You've only to open it, lo and behold
You can have all you want, your heart's desire
All the best things in life, anything you require
While you have time, quick, grab all you can
One day you'll be dead, you're only a man
No, my old friend, you didn't lie
Because in the end we've all got to die
First one thing, another
I've only to say this, that and the other
Because I can pay, it's mine, all
He stops
All?
Nothing
All nothing
Nothing at all
What have I said? What's the matter with me?
I have everything
Nothing
Now he can see
All you want, all the time
All wealth can provide
And they don't mean a thing
They are empty inside
False things, dead, rotten
You buy and sell
They are nothing, just an empty shell
Oh, to have still the things you had before
The real, the true, good things
That everybody has but you
That you have no more
The only things worth having