| | MONEY was originally meant to be sarcastic. It may not come across in the lyrics alone, the music is in 7/8 time, and it's out of place in their normal time signatures, which is mid tempo 4/4. They tended to do sarcastic songs like MONEY and HAVE A CIGAR in odd meters. The song has to be taken in context with the album, which deals with the pressures of life that drive one mad.(The irony is that the album made them "overnite" millionares and the socialist Waters had to confront his newfound wealth which furthered his alienation from the fans and the band.
And Waters has expressed his unhappiness with the misinterpretation for a long time, so say what you want, but he has been consistent.
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