What Do You Do For Money Honey

The lyrics describe a speaker confronting a woman who appears to earn money through nightlife and paid sexual attention. The repeated question, “What do you do for money, honey?” sounds less like a request for information than a challenge. The mood is mocking and suspicious: the speaker portrays her as demanding and focused on money, while also suggesting that this way of life may be wearing her down.

Several images support that portrayal. “Digging for gold” is a metaphor for seeking wealth, implying that money is her main goal. “Squeezing all the blood out of men” is an exaggerated image of taking as much as possible from male customers, not a literal act. The line about people “standing in a queue” suggests that her services are in demand and treated as routine business.

The song’s viewpoint is openly judgmental, so its descriptions may reveal the speaker’s resentment as much as they reveal anything about the woman. Words such as “bitch” and the references to her getting “old” or “slow” are insults, not neutral observations. The repeated questions leave her motives unanswered, and the lyrics do not give her own perspective. Thus, the song can be read as criticism of transactional relationships, but also as a portrait of a speaker who looks down on the woman he is questioning.