| [BURR] There would have been nothin’ left to do For someone less astute He woulda been dead or destitute Without a cent of restitution Started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and all the things he can’t afford Scammin’ for every book he can get his hands on Plannin’ for the future see him now as he stands on The bow of a ship headed for a new land In New York you can be a new man | [COMPANY] Scammin’ Plannin’ Oooh... |
| [BURR] There would have been nothin’ left to do For someone less astute He woulda been dead or destitute Without a cent of restitution Started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord | |
| Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and all the things he can’t afford | [COMPANY] |
| Scammin’ for every book he can get his hands on | Scammin’ |
| Plannin’ for the future see him now as he stands on | Plannin’ Oooh |
| The bow of a ship headed for a new land In New York you can be a new man |