With my charge plates and credit cards Making my life hard With my charge plates and credit cards I know I can go far Worked hard so many years To get my references together Paid all my bills right on time And then my friends they told me better I applied for master charge A diners club and a visa And now I'm buyin' everything in sight I hear they're selling "La Mona Lisa" (repeat chorus twice) American Express became My green and white and black lover Then one morning it turned to gold And took good care of me, like big brother When the master bills came in I re-evaluated my spending Now I've borrowed an assumed name To see if any banks are still lending (repeat chorus twice) instrumental break (repeat chorus to end)