Face the fact now that nothing is free.
Turn your back on your debt and you'll see,
Being shot is a pain in the neck.
When you think of me, wave to me, and send me a check.

Don't look back when you're hoarding your stash.
Don't forget that you're owing me cash.
Don't forget when you're counting my dough,
You must never hold, never hold tight but let go.

Oh, the nights will be long when you're hiding and scared.
But I'll be on your mind 'til you send to me,
What you owe to me. Somehow, someday,
You will be far away, so far from me,
And maybe one day i will follow you and break your knee.
'Til then, send me a check.

When my "boys" set your family on fire;
When you suffer an injury dire;
Let my message be heard loud and clear;
Very soon you might just disappear.
So please start to listen to me.
I'll leave you alone,
If you promise to send me a check.

I walk by the shore and I see -
See the draft that you've sent on to me;
And I cash it, and sing you a song,
Despite having waited so long.
I'll send a receipt.
I'll leave you alone.
I'll leave you alone,
If you promise to send me a check.