Make a Dollar, Make a Few

If he asks you to go around the corner

Just go around the corner

It doesn’t matter

If you feel like it

Just keep asking yourself--

Why am I here?

Why--am I--here

And the answer, I hope

Is that you want to make some money, right?

This isn’t the 1950’s

There’s no package delivery

You’re not gonna get caught

It’s not like that anymore

You go around the corner

Up into the building on Squire Street

And somebody tells you something

Something that doesn’t mean anything to you

It’ll be like hearing French

That’s how much you won’t understand it

What?

You speak French?

Who the fuck speaks French?

Parlay-parlay, right?
Is that me speaking French?

Listen, don’t tell anyone you speak French

They’ll never trust you again

Speak English

Only English

But the point is

You won’t know what you’re being told

They might say to you--

The paint job looks nice

And if you get picked up

--And nobody gets picked up

But if you get picked up--

You say--

All I heard was the paintjob looks nice

And they think you’re fucking stupid
And let you go on your merry way

But you make a dollar, right?

Now, what I just told you

That’s the way

You make a dollar

Now…

You want to make a few?
You want to make a few dollars?

I’m guessing you do

Because what’s a dollar gonna buy you?

I mean, we’re paying you more than a dollar

This is just me talking symbols and metaphors

But I’m saying--

Some money vs a lot of money

A little vs a lot

You understand, right?
You’re not a fucking idiot

Even though you speak French

You’re here to make as much money as you can, right?

Gotta make that bank

Gotta get that cash

Gotta see if you can save up

So you don’t have to be going around corners

Your whole life, right?

So you make a dollar

You make a few

You know how to make a few?

Here’s how you do it

When someone tells you

To go around the corner

And talk to some people
And pay attention
And come back

And say what you heard

When someone asks you

To do all that

You do it

And you don’t

Ask questions

That’s--

That’s the thing

Of value

That’s how you make

The real money

Not a dollar

But a few

You got it?

Good

Now go around the corner

And see if the paint’s dry

You’re not the only one

Who needs to make some money

Tonight