Warm Change

Insert a coin to hear the band play
 Spend some time, then take your change
 Notes on the page turn to bills on the stage
 Ideas on a tray to take home and play
 But don't touch my hands with your warm change
 The cash in the hand changes a man
 To a transaction in some other man's plan
 Time was born in a clock, music comes from a box
 And paper always beats the rock
 Value assigned to the dime is a crime
 For six or nine or half of the time
 Don't touch the stones that you don't believe
 You can't take them with you when you leave
 Warm change is a trick up a golden man's sleeve
 But don't touch my hands with your warm change
 The cash in the hand changes a man
 To a transaction in some other man's plan
 Time was born in a clock, music comes from a box
 And paper always beats the rock
 Don't open the box and alter the state
 Don't touch what you cherish or it will change
 Tender your soul to the currency
 Hold onto your money like it's a dream.