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Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Sting & Phil Collins - Money for Nothing - Live 1997




Music For Montserrat was a benefit concert held on 15 September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall. Musicians came together to raise funds for the Caribbean island of Montserrat after a major volcanic eruption by the Soufrière Hillsvolcano earlier that year left the island, including its capital of Plymouth, devastated. The concert starred musicians such as Phil Collins, Ray Cooper, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler, Sting, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Midge Ure, Arrow and many more, all of whom had once recorded at the island's famous AIR Studios.


A DVD was released with the most famous songs from the concert, such as Your Song, Layla, Brothers In Arms, Blue Suede Shoes, Money For Nothing, Yesterday, Hey Jude, and Message In A Bottle.




Lyrics


Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your chicks for free Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it Lemme tell ya, them guys ain't dumb Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries We got to move these refrigerators, we gotta move these color TV's See the little faggot with the earring and the make up Yeah buddy that's his own hair That little faggot got his own jet airplane That little faggot he's a millionaire We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries We got to move these refrigerators, we gotta move these color TV's We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries We got to move these refrigerators, we gotta move these color TV's I shoulda learned to play the guitar I shoulda learned to play them drums Look at that mama she got it stickin' in the camera man We could have some- And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises? Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Get your money for nothin', get your chicks for free We got to install microwave ovens, custom kitchen deliveries We got to move these refrigerators, we gotta move these color TV's Listen here Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain't workin', that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and chicks for free Money for nothin' chicks for free Money for nothin' chicks for free Money for nothin' chicks for free Money for nothin' chicks for free Money for nothin' chicks for free Money for nothin' get your chicks for free Money for nothin' and the chicks for free Money for nothin' and the chicks for free

Look at that, look at that Money for nothin' chicks for free (I want my, I want my MTV) Money for nothin' chicks for free (I want my, I want my MTV) Money for nothin' chicks for free (I want my, I want my MTV) Money for nothin' chicks for free (I want my, I want my MTV) Easy, easy money for nothin' (I want my, I want my MTV) Easy, easy chicks for free (I want my, I want my MTV) Easy, easy money for nothin' (I want my, I want my MTV) Chicks for free (I want my, I want my MTV) That ain't workin'

Money for nothing, chicks for free Money for nothing, chicks for free



Songwriters: Mark Knopfler / Gordon Sumner Money for Nothing lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management







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