Long Daddy Green (The Almighty Dollar) Songtext
von Blossom Dearie

Long Daddy Green is an old, old friend
He hangs around the rainbow′s end
Dealing out dreams from a pot full of fortune and fame
Fanning the flame
Hear him calling your name
Long Daddy Green is a fly by night
You turn around, he's out of sight
Seems he′s your fair weather friend and your foul weather foe
The wind starts to blow
Daddy Green starts to go
The lies he tells aren't new to you
You're not naïve
You know he won′t be true to you
Still you believe, you believe
Long Daddy Green chops you down to size
With slow hellos and fast good-byes
He comes around when you feel about ten feet tall
To make you feel small
Just like nothing at all
Long Daddy Green is a heartless host


Ignores you when you need him most
Likes to pretend he′s a hard to get next to guy
He'll give you the eye
While he′s waving good-bye
Long Daddy Green likes to hypnotize
And melt you with his magic eyes
Knows he can make you believe you're the only one
He′ll show you the sun
Then he'll grab it and run
You′ll try to tug his sleeve one day
Your hopes are high
He'll turn around and walk away
But still you try, still you try
Long Daddy Green likes to disappear
Pretends that he is nowhere near
Then he'll come tap at your window and scratch at your screen
He sure can be mean
Long Daddy Green
He sure can be mean
Long Daddy Green