Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Bernankian Rhapsody (Musical Tribute)



There is a half-life
For our democracy
Debt from Countrywide
A break in prosperity

Open your eyes
Please look through the lies and see

It's just a decoy
That fuels our apathy

The wealth is easy come easy go
Euphoric highs will not grow

Just watch the debt grow
Nothing ever happens for free
For free

Brother, they closed your loan
Put some debt against your stead
Made it bigger, so there's dread
Brother, strife has just begun
As your job's gone and sent so far away

Brother, oooh
You were sold a pack of lies
And Ben will try again this time tomorrow
Carry trade, carry trade
Nothing really happened?

Bill's late, your time has come
Sent sheriffs from their shrines
They're foreclosing as they dine

Good buy? Every home sold!
Or so you're told
They evict you to the streets it's so uncouth

Brother, oooh
Just watch the debt grow

They just want more pie
And they know that debt's a way to take it all

* Amazing Riff *

I see a little central banker of a man
Printing debt, printing debt, for condos in Orlando
Bidding wars and fighting!
Very very frightening me!

Then there's oil! Then there's oil!
Then there's oil! Then there's oil!
Then there's oil! Oh no no!
Oh no no no no no no!

It's just a decoy
Lunches are not free
It's just a decoy
Making poor families
Spare us a life
Of monetary seas!

Easy come easy go
Will our debt just grow?

Think it won't? They will let it grow!
Let it grow!
Think it won't? They will let it grow!
Let it grow!
Think it won't? They will let it grow!
Let it grow!

They will let it grow!
Let it grow!
They will let it grow!
Let it grow!

Oh no no!
Oh no no no no no no!

Oh brother shoot me!
Brother shoot me!
Shoot me! Let it grow?

Ben Bernanke has some debt set aside
For me? For me? For me?

So he thinks he can force me and get me to buy?
So he thinks he can get me to believe the lies?

Oh, Bennie, can't do this to me Bennie
I just gotta stay home
I just gotta use less gasoline

Nothing really happened?
Anyone believe?
Nothing really happened?
Nothing ever happens for free

8 comments:

Stagflationary Mark said...

That one took about 2 hours. I can't speak for the quality, but the time spent was definitely a personal best, lol.

Mr Slippery said...

Brilliant! Bravo!

Then there's oil.

Stagflationary Mark said...

Mr Slippery,

I'm glad you liked it. It took a LOT of work! :)

Stagflationary Mark said...

For what it is worth, I very much enjoyed being able to work "a little central banker of a man" in there. I think I was even being generous.

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MaxedOutMama said...

Applause!!!!!

The ballad of our Bernanke Times.

Personally I would like something along the lines of this:
There was a wild banking boy, Ben Bernanke was his name...

Maybe we should have a song contest next? You host!

mab said...

* Amazing Riff *

Stag,

Yes. Queen's guitar riff and the Fed's perverse eCONomic riff.

There's madness to the Fed's method!

Stagflationary Mark said...

MaxedOutMama,

The lyrics in your song are tough.

He robbed the rich, he helped the poor...

Song parody writer's block! I'm not a miracle worker.

Hold on. I'm getting some inspiration here. I wonder what would happen if some of those words were simply moved around? Could it be that easy? Here goes.

He helped the poor, he robbed the rich!

@#$%! I'm still stuck. That just doesn't sound like a central banker to me either.

Stagflationary Mark said...

mab,

The very fabric of monetary spacetime has been riffed!