In It for the Money

[Verse 1]
Caught a lot of hell when I left home with a guitar
Had to pay rent one dollar at a time from a tip jar
Looking back now, don't know how I ever got far
But I got this fair

[Chorus]
By the sound of the crowd when the lights kick on
And the high you get when they're singing your song
Looking at the world through an old van windshield
That long road to the top ain't paved with sold-out shows
If I was in it for the money, I'da quit a long time ago

[Verse 2]
You don't keep tracks of the cost of the dues you're paying
You don't bitch about the bed in the Motel 6 you stay in
And then you make it

[Chorus]
By the sound of the crowd when the lights kick on
And the high you get when they're singing your song
Looking at the world through an old van windshield
That long road to the top ain't paved with sold-out shows
If I was in it for the money, I'da quit a long time ago
I'da quit a long time ago

[Bridge]
I'd love to buy my mama that Cadillac
Love the make enough to pay my daddy back
Everybody's got something they do even if they never made a dime
And I got mine

[Chorus]
By the sound of the crowd when the lights kick on
And the high you get when they're singing your song
Looking at the world through an old van windshield
That long road to the top ain't paved with sold-out shows
If I was in it for the money, I'da quit a long time ago
I'da quit a long time ago, yeah