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From 'Johnny Come Home' TV series 1969

LYRICS
When I was little you took me aside
With a serious look on your face
The business, you told me, would always provide
Provided we kept in our place

Fine words, fine words
But turn them into cash
Hope is good but help is better
Turn it into cash

When I was older you shot me a line
A Boomtown that lay just ahead
The way you explained it, we'd all get on fine
Ten minutes after we're dead

Fine words, fine words
But turn them into cash
Hope is good but help is better
Turn it into cash

Now I'm way past twenty, the time has run out
The future's the present for me
A quid in the hand is worth two up the spout
I'm ready, I'm willing, I'm free

Fine words, fine words
So turn them into cash
Hope is good but help is better
Turn it into cash
Hope is good but help is better
Turn it into cash
Transcript
00:28When I was little
00:38When I was older
00:41You shot me a line
00:43A boom time that lay just ahead
00:46The way you explained it
00:49We'd all get on fine
00:50Ten minutes after we're dead
00:55Fine words, fine words
00:58But turn them into cash
01:01Hope is good, but help is better
01:05Turn it into cash
01:14Now I'm way past twenty
01:16The time has run out
01:18The future's the present for me
01:21A quid in the hand is worth
01:25Two up the spout
01:26I'm ready, I'm willing
01:28I'm free
01:29Fine words, fine words
01:33So turn them into cash
01:36Hope is good, but help is better
01:40Turn it into cash
01:43Hope is good, but help is better
01:48Turn it into cash
01:50Turn it into cash
01:58Will you
01:58Turn it into cash
01:58Have fun it here
02:00It's big
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