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Key: E
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
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Verse 1:
E
They named that goddamn kiss-ass Handelmann
E
Vice president of human resources or somethin'
A
He stood up and made a speech about how we would
E
All have to work even harder now
B7
I thought harder, now, harder than what?
E N.C.
I'd give anything to get up and walk but of here but I'm
Chorus:
E
Stuck on the corner of Sanity and Madness
A E
I'm lookin them over, I can't see a difference
B7
Makin money out of paper, paper out of trees
E N.C.
We're makin so much money we can hardly breathe
Verse 2:
E
You oughta hear the shit that I get from my daughter
E
She says that she can't stand the sight of the car I bought her
A
It's gonna ruin her life forever, she don't ride a ragtop
E
Her and her mother spend my money pretty much non-stop
B7
They're trying to break me for the sake of this neighborhood
E N.C.
They want everyone up and down the street to think that we're doing good
Chorus:
E
We're stuck on the corner of Sanity and Madness
A E
I'm lookin them over, I can't see a difference
B7
Makin money out of paper, paper out of trees
E
We're makin so much money we can hardly breathe
Verse 3:
E
I didn't even want to study economics
E
My parents made me cause they said it would be practical
A
I can't make my kids do a goddamn thing I tell them to
E
That kid's an unrepentant radical
B7
He is as unimpressed by allt he plaques in my cubicle
B7
As I am secretly impressed with his ability
E N.C.
To look at everything so completely irresponsibly
Chorus:
E
I'm stuck on the corner of Sanity and Madness
A E
I'm lookin them over, I can't see a difference
B7
We're makin money out of paper, paper out of trees
E
We're makin so much money we can hardly breathe
[Solo]
E
A E
B7
E
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A E
B7
E
Verse 4:
E
So now I got to call that little pecker Mr. Handelmann
E
Drove home from work as mad as I've ever been an' then
A
I really jerked the kid out of a drive-though window
E
He said Will that be everything? I said, what would you know?
B7
You're lookin' at the man about to buy his kid a ragtop
E
What are you driving? A bicycle you little punk!
Chorus:
E
I'm stuck on the corner of Sanity and Madness
A E
I'm lookin them over, I can't see a difference
B7
Makin money out of paper, paper out of trees
E
We're makin so much money we can hardly breathe
Outro:
E
Song History
Published: March 29, 2026
Last Updated: March 29, 2026