Money Tree

In a perfect world Money would grow on trees And I’d just reach up, Pluck off a leaf And buy anything that I please. I’d buy toys for me and my friends. If only grownups could see (like a child) Everyday’d be Santa’s Day (without end.) No one would sleep and eat off the floor We would live in sandcastles high in moonbeams. Roam without fear and be Things that are wild “Money Tree, money tree, make us all smile!” I’d sure smile (to the ends of the Earth and roam) “Come one, come all! All who are needy! Come to the tree of plenty!” We house the homeless, feed the hungry In the land where there’s no need to be greedy. If everyone everywhere would just eat Some ice cream of Hope Even maybe you would play Act like Mother Theresa or the Pope So, eat happy thots, for a good happy breakfast treat My dove, come perch on a branch sturdy and strong And learn not to hate ‘cause love’s never wrong And come plant seeds of money In the ground we call home So, us poor souls can leap and sing songs (like . . .) “Money Tree, Money Tree Grow tall for me! Extend out your shadow And set us all free!”