I've got a pocket full of pretty green

I'm gonna put it in the fruit machine

I'm gonna put it in the juke box

It's gonna play all the records in the hit parade

This is the pretty green - this is society

You can't do nothing - unless it's in the pocket

Oh no.

I've got a pocket full of pretty green

I'm gonna give it to the man behind the counter

He's gonna give me food and water

I'm gonna eat that and look for more.

And they didn't teach me that in school

It's something that I learnt on my own

That power is measured by the pound or the fist

It's as clear as this oh.

I've got a pocket full of pretty green!