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mammon (Remove filter)

Its Grand To Be Poor Again

cash was never king in my book

I was rarely in anyone's pocket

you were a cofirmed money spinner

more likely than not I'd mock it

 

its grand to be poor again

free of your money-mad clutches

some us put principle first

we'd rather live in hutches

 

nice maybe to have a big balance

endless cash on tap ready to burn

but Mammon exacts a heavy price

that treadmil...

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poorcashmoney-madmammon

OH IMPERIOUS MAMMON

OH IMPERIOUS MAMMON

Assyria

Babylonia

Stitches defiled by immortal greed

 

DEFILE ME STILL

Lay your jade upon me

Lay your hands upon me

 

OH IMPERIOUS MAMMON


I LAY DOWN


AT YOUR FEET


Slide inside my throat

Play inside my mind

 

MAMMON
DESTROYER OF ALL THINGS
DESTROY ME


Cancer switch shifting within

Picking at stitches

Picking at stitch...

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