� Dollars And Cents 4:51

 
Originally released: June 2001

Available on: Amnesiac (album)

Alternative version: Live - I Might Be Wrong - Live Recordings (EP)

 
There are many things
To talk about
Be constructive
There are weapons
We can use
Be constructive with your blues
Even when it's only warnings
Even when you're talking war games

Why don't you quiet down?
Why don't you quiet down?
Why don't you quiet down?
Quiet down!

You don't live in a business world
You never go out and you never stay
We'll have goals in a liberal world
Living in times when I could stand it, babe
It's all over baby's crying, it's all over baby
I can see out of here

All of the planet's dead,
All over the planet, so let me out of here
All over ...

We are the dollars and cents
And the pounds and pence
And the mark and the yen, and yeah
We're going to crack your little souls
We're going to crack your little souls

We are the dollars and cents
And the pounds and pence
And the pounds and pence, and yeah
We're going to crack your little souls
Crack your little souls

We are the dollars and cents

 

One of the tracks premiered on the band's brief touring duties behind Kid A, the recorded version seems less lurchy than the live rendition. A string section rises and falls behind Yorke's vocals, occasionally overpowering his singing, while the rhythm section hammers out a tricky time-signature. It peaks with Yorke's most impassioned vocal and then breaks down to guitar, cymbals and synth squelches. (from Jam!)

A busy, cymbal-driven intro spilled out next as Dollars and Cents rode a wave of outlandish instrumentation in the same vein as Kid A, if not harsher. Standing out above the sonic mess, however, was Yorke's bird-like call, which wailed throughout. (from SXSW by Allstar)