Pay For What You Get

Elmore was a gambler.
He made a wager that he couldn’t pay
So they dressed him up in concrete cuff links
and he swam like granite to the bottom of the bay

But I hope he knows
Oh you’ve got to pay for what you get
Got something you regret
They won’t let you forget about it
Oh child you’ve got to pay for what you get
They won’t leave you alone
‘til you’re dead and gone

Sally knew her way around an oven
She had the skills a baker really needs
But she mixed it up with every Tom and Harry
Now Sally’s got too many mouths to feed

Sally should have known
Oh you’ve got to pay for what you get
Got something you regret
They won’t let you forget about it
Oh child you’ve got to pay for what you get
They won’t leave you alone
‘til you’re bread is gone

I hear that holy men are getting a percentage
Turning profits off of heaven’s laws
Now Bealzeebub, he’s pinching all his pennies
‘cause even the devil quotes the scripture for his cause

But I hope you know
Oh you’ve got to pay for what you get
Got something you regret
They won’t let you forget about it
Oh child you’ve got to pay for what you get
They won’t leave you alone
‘til you’re money’s gone

Children heed the words that I am saying
Forget the bottom line and listen well
The jury doesn’t factor good intentions
When the guilty knows what paves the road to Hell

Now I hope you know
Oh you’ve got to pay for what you get
Got something you regret
They won’t let you forget about it
Oh child you’ve got to pay for what you get
They won’t leave you alone
‘til you’re dead and gone