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Innocent Money
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Innocent Money was released on November 8, 2024 by BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. as a part of the album Come Ahead
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Release DateNovember 8, 2024
LabelBMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM123

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Performer
David Holmes
David Holmes
Keyboards, Loops
Bobby Gillespie
Bobby Gillespie
Vocals
David Wrench
David Wrench
Additional Programming
Andrew Innes
Andrew Innes
Guitar
Jay Bellerose
Jay Bellerose
Drums, Percussion
Davey Chedwidden
Davey Chedwidden
Percussion
Jason Falkner
Jason Falkner
Bass
Perry Vale House Gospel Choir
Perry Vale House Gospel Choir
Background Vocals
Bogdan Sofei
Bogdan Sofei
Violin
David McElroy
David McElroy
Violin
Emma Masterson
Emma Masterson
Violin
Larissa O'Grady
Larissa O'Grady
Violin
Andreea Banciu
Andreea Banciu
Viola
David Kenny
David Kenny
Viola
Yseult Cooper Stockdale
Yseult Cooper Stockdale
Cello
Aoife Burke
Aoife Burke
Cello
Maeve Sheil
Maeve Sheil
Double Bass
Paul Stephens
Paul Stephens
Double Bass
Alex White
Alex White
Horn
Emre Ramazanoglu
Emre Ramazanoglu
Drums
Renee Alleyne
Renee Alleyne
Rap
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Holmes
David Holmes
Songwriter
Bobby Gillespie
Bobby Gillespie
Songwriter
Andrew Innes
Andrew Innes
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Holmes
David Holmes
Producer
Michael Harris
Michael Harris
Recording Engineer
David Wrench
David Wrench
Mixing Engineer
Matt Colton
Matt Colton
Mastering Engineer
Alan Kelly
Alan Kelly
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
At night he sleeps on garbage-heap streets
On the mattress he keeps strapped to his back
Of sleeping bag and rags in a five-star shop doorway
Or underpass home
Canal wind cutting deep through his bones
And a wrap of smack and the mattress on his back
Are all that he owns
And nobody visits and nobody cares
[Chorus]
Innocent money
Weighing our worth in it
Innocent money
Surrender our lives to it
Innocent money
There's never enough of it
Innocent money
Swimming in sewers for it
[Refrain]
Innocent money
Innocent money
Innocent money
Innocent money
[Verse 2]
His cold dead stare and filthy grease-matted hair
Makes the civilians scared as they walk on by
With their pious eyes glued to the floor
They've got no clue that he didn't choose
His pavement blues
And the world keeps turning just a little more
And all he can hope for is some money to score
Some money to score
[Chorus]
Innocent money
We place all our trust in it
Innocent money
We pray to our gods for it
Innocent money
Is the King of the world
Innocent money
It's the Devil himself
[Verse 3]
From Buckingham Palace to sink estate slums
Imperial nostalgia, the eagle has flown
Britannia's resigned to managed decline
The fox guards the chickens, the chickens don't mind
The system is rigged like a Vegas casino
We're most of us born with a busted flush
Marx's pipe dream of a classless society
Is further away than the mountains of Mars
[Chorus]
Innocent money
A lifetime of work
Innocent money
With nothing to show for it
Innocent money
Except a face full of worry
Innocent money
And a fistful of air
[Verse 4]
Always the wealthy, never the poor
Always the wealthy, never the poor
Always the wealthy, never the poor
Always the wealthy, never the poor
Always the wealthy, never the poor
Always the wealthy, never the poor
[Verse 5]
The bourgeois bastards just keep stealing
And selling the dreaming of the lies lies lies
That undermine our lives
The slugs at the bottom feed the wolves at the top
Growth spreads upwards ever only
There's no 'trickle down'
'trickle down', 'trickle down', 'trickle down'
Our souls are worth more than the warmth of the sun
They've tricked us to believe that our work is never done
Cognitive dissonance
Proud of your ignorance
Subjects, not citizens
Never read a book
Too scared to take a look
Too scared to take a look
[Verse 6]
Market theology
Makes a lie of 'Democracy'
We'd swim in a sewer for it
Drowning in debt for it
Market realities
Closed down the factories
A rope made of gold
To hang ourselves on
Written by: Andrew Innes, Bobby Gillespie, David Holmes
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