Getting something for nothing

Seems like a pretty good deal,

If perhaps a touch unreal.

The moment when you break the bank,

With no one else but you to thank.

 

Getting something for something

Puts you on a level pitch.

You swap a bit of that for this,

The balance, in the end, of which

Depends how much the something is.

 

But getting nothing for something

Is a mug’s game, a lottery

Which nobody can win;

And, sad to say, for most of us,

This is the game we’re in.