rich girl

Hall and Oates struck gold with this slice of Philly soul that was originally about a rich boy. Daryl Hall says: "'Rich Girl' was written about an old boyfriend of Sara’s from college that she was still friends with at the time. His name is Victor Walker. He came to our apartment, and he was acting sort of strange. His father was quite rich. I think he was involved with some kind of a fast-food chain. I said, 'This guy is out of his mind, but he doesn't have to worry about it because his father's gonna bail him out of any problems he gets in.' So I sat down and wrote that chorus. 'He can rely on the old man’s money/he can rely on the old man’s money/he's a rich guy.' I thought that didn’t sound right, so I changed it to 'Rich Girl'. He knows the song was written about him." 'Rich Girl' became the first of six number one singles for Hall and Oates on the Billboard Hot 100. Son of Sam killer David Berkowitz claimed that the song (among other things) instigated his killing spree, even though the song came out after the murders began. Hall and Oates later made reference to this in 'Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear the Voices)': "Charlie liked The Beatles, Sam he liked Rich Girl."

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You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
You can rely on the old man's money
You can rely on the old man honey
It's a bitch girl but it's gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
Say money money won't get you too far,
Get you too far
And don't you know, don't you know
That it's wrong to take what he's giving you
So far gone, on your own
You can get along if you try to be strong
But you'll never be strong
'Cause
You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
You can rely on the old man's money
You can rely on the old man honey
It's a bitch girl and it's gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
Say money money won't get you too far,
Get you too far
High and dry, and out of the rain
It's so easy
To hurt others when you can't feel pain
And don't you know that a love can't grow
'Cause there's too much to give,
'Cause you'd rather live
For the thrill of it all, oh
You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
You can rely on the old man's money
You can rely on the old man's money
It's a bitch girl and it's gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
Say money but it won't get you too far,
Say money but it won't get you too far,
Say money but it won't get you too far,
Get you too far
And you say
You can rely on the old man's money
You can rely on the old man's money
You're a rich girl, a rich girl
Oh, you're a rich, rich girl, yeah
Say money but it won't get you too far,
Oh, get ya too far