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Down in beautiful Micronesia
is the beautiful island of Yap
They got the grass skirted girls
the taro root fields
they don’t care about the cultural gap
But these simple and casual people
have got currency that’s heavy and round
and if you go for a loan
you need a friend to get it home
cause it weighs about two hundred pounds
and you’ll see them

Carrying money on their shoulders
Carrying money every day
They’re carrying money
and it may look funny
but they ain’t got no better way

Continental Micronesian Airways
brings the scuba people over the seas
pursuing reports of big dive resorts
with all of the amenities
Now they all seem to travel so lightly
with the credit cards that they own
but when they put on their gear
they’re dressed in money up to here
and it’s so heavy they sink like a stone
and you’ll see them

Carrying money underwater
Carrying money as they swim
They’re carrying money
and they may look funny
but you better not say that to them

Now the tourists they laugh at the natives
but the natives they calmly retort
lady tourist can lift more
with her ring finger
than any man can support
But whenever they all get together
both the tourists and natives agree
though he may not look husky
the banker must be
the strongest man you’ll ever see

(carry that money! etc)

Now it seems that the matter of finance
is a burden to women and man
We pick up the debt
and wipe off the sweat
and do the best that we can
But we all have a very good reason
to put up with the trouble and fuss
We’re saving our pay
and awaiting the day
when money starts carrying us
everybody is

Carrying money all together
We’re carrying money every day
We’re carrying money
and it may look funny
but we ain’t got no better way

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from Cheap At Twice The Price, released June 1, 1996

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Thaddeus Spae Seattle, Washington

A 40-year veteran of the Folk Wars, Thaddeus Spae has played venues from Tipitina's to the EMP. He's an award-winning songwriter whose works range from quirky to literate, guardedly sentimental to outraged and sarcastic, performed on a panoply of instruments acoustic and electric, in a profligate variety of styles encompassing folk, hard rock, jazz, blues, electronic and more. Website: tspae.com. ... more

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