i ve got a pocket full of pretty green i m gonna put it in the fruit machine i m gonna put it in the juke box it s gonna play all the records in the hit parade this is the pretty green this is society you can t do nothing unless it s in the pocket oh no i ve got a pocket full of pretty green i m gonna give it to the man behind the counter he s gonna give me food and water i m gonna eat that and look for more and they didn t teach me that in school it s something that i learnt on my own that power is measured by the pound or the fist it s as clear as this oh i ve got a pocket full of pretty green 