Van Morrison Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge
"Just go ahead and try it," they said, "and never mind"
Well, I just couldn't compromise
When somebody just tried to sell me a bridge

[Verse 2]
I couldn't go against what I believed
Or I would have to pay a very heavy price
So I couldn't buy into it or just roll the dice
When somebody tried to sell me a bridge, bridge

[Chorus]
Devil to pay, either way
I may be a lot of things, but stupid I'm not
If you don't know who you're dealing with
Then just go on ahead
Go on ahead and fold up your tent (Fold up your tent)

[Refrain]
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge
Just like money must mean to them everything
They tried to play me, play me for a fool
But they weren't really listening to me
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge

[Chorus]
The devil to pay, either way
I may be a lot of things, but stupid I'm not
If you don't know who you're dealing with, then
Just go ahead, go ahead and
Go ahead and fold up your tent
Just fold up your tent (Fold up your tent)

[Refrain]
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge
Like they said money, money means everything
They tried to play me, play me for a fool But they weren't really listening
They tried to sell me a bridge

[Verse 3]
They never listened to what I had to say (Had to say)
They kept on talking all over the place (Over the place)
They didn't listen enough to what I said (What I said)
Well, they thought they could sell me a bridge

[Verse 4]
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge
They said, "Just go ahead and go ahead and never mind"
Well, I couldn't compromise what it is
When somebody tried to sell me a bridge

[Outro]
When somebody tried to sell me a bridge (Somebody tried to sell me a bridge)
When somebody tried to sell me a bridge
When somebody tried to sell me a bridge (Somebody tried to sell me a bridge)
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge
Somebody, somebody tried, tried to sell me a bridge (Somebody tried to sell me a bridge)
They said, "Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, somebody can make it rich"
Somebody can make it rich (Somebody tried to sell me a bridge)
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge
Somebody can make it rich
Somebody can make it rich
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge (Somebody tried to sell me a bridge)
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge