Insufficient Funds - Country Joe & The Fish

I start thinking that I’ve got it made and I go out on the town

Well, I drink and smoke, tell a thousand jokes, pick up my guitar,

play a few runs

Then the check comes back in a couple of days marked «Insufficient funds»

Insufficient funds, insufficient funds

Like a rubber ball it keeps bouncin' back marked «Insufficient funds»

I had a little gig at the Cosmic Carrot playin' the electric bass

Got my check at the end of the night, a big smile came over my face

My credit was good so I borrowed some bucks, stood everyone a couple of rounds

But that check was rubber and it bounced right back marked «Insufficient funds»

Insufficient funds, insufficient funds

Like a rubber ball it keeps bouncin' back marked «Insufficient funds»

Lack of money is the root of all evil, you know deep in your heart

People can’t live by bread alone, but that’s a good place to start

Pick it, prisoner of starvation

Pick it, wretched of the Earth

I went down to the bank today to draw out all of my money

I thought I’d get my fifty bucks — two fives, three tens and a twenty

People were standing in a long, long line and everybody looks stunned

'Cause the sign on the door said «The bank is closed due to insufficient funds»

Now some folks blame all of this trouble on some deity

But there’s still people with lots of bread and then folks like you and me

But they’re driving big steaks and eating big cars, making money by the tonnes

So how come when I bust my ass, I get «Insufficient funds»?

(How come?)

Insufficient funds, insufficient funds

Like a rubber ball it keeps bouncin' back marked «Insufficient funds»

Now what’s gonna happen that times are tough, I feel kinda hungry and sick

Only one thing’s gonna fill us up, we’ll have to start eatin' the rich

Insufficient funds, insufficient funds

Like a rubber ball it keeps bouncin' back marked «Insufficient funds»