"50 Quid Man" lyrics

"50 Quid Man"

I am not my brothers keeper
Nor am I to be considered a source of reason
But I'll tell you this for nothing
The mutton's dressed up like the lamb
Just off a flight from Amsterdam
Sends a message to the local fifty quid man

Said I am not my brothers keeper
Nor am I to be considered a source of treason
But I'll tell you this for nothing
The mutton's dressed up like the lamb
Just off a flight back from the Dam
Sends a message to the fifty quid man

He's got your back
The dodgy box
He'll lay your head out
With Little Rock's
He's on demand
It's the nifty fifty quid man

Said I am not my brothers keeper
Nor am I to be considered a source of treason
But with the pushing of that button
Self destruction is at hand
When you can't cope with feeling sad
You send a message to the fifty quid man

And when it's hard out
There'll be hard times don't you know
The bunnny in the beams
Is creeping out to get some dough
Just off a flight back from the dam
Sends a message to the fifty quid man

And when it's hard out
We've had hard times we all know
Sitting on a corner like a statue in the cold
Sends a message to her Mam
I'm sick and I'm tired of that fifty quid man

He's got your back
The dodgy box
He'll lay your head spark out
With Little Rock's
He's on demand
It's the nifty fifty quid man

Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
Is it a bird is it a plane
Something ghoulish stepping from the rain?
Na it's the fifty quid man
Where's that fifty quid man


Writer(s): David Keenan
album: "Modern Mythologies" (2025)
David Keenan - Modern Mythologies album cover
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