Bernankian Rhapsody (Musical Tribute)
There is a half-lifeFor our democracyDebt from CountrywideA break in prosperityOpen your eyesPlease look through the lies and seeIt's just a decoyThat fuels our apathyThe wealth is easy come easy goEuphoric highs will not growJust watch the debt growNothing ever happens for freeFor freeBrother, they closed your loanPut some debt against your steadMade it bigger, so there's dreadBrother, strife has just begunAs your job's gone and sent so far awayBrother, ooohYou were sold a pack of liesAnd Ben will try again this time tomorrowCarry trade, carry tradeNothing really happened?Bill's late, your time has comeSent sheriffs from their shrinesThey're foreclosing as they dineGood buy? Every home sold!Or so you're toldThey evict you to the streets it's so uncouthBrother, ooohJust watch the debt growThey just want more pieAnd they know that debt's a way to take it all* Amazing Riff *I see a little central banker of a manPrinting debt, printing debt, for condos in OrlandoBidding 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 decoyLunches are not freeIt's just a decoyMaking poor familiesSpare us a lifeOf monetary seas!Easy come easy goWill 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 asideFor 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 BennieI just gotta stay homeI just gotta use less gasolineNothing really happened?Anyone believe?Nothing really happened?Nothing ever happens for free
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That one took about 2 hours. I can't speak for the quality, but the time spent was definitely a personal best, lol.
Brilliant! Bravo!
Then there's oil.
Mr Slippery,
I'm glad you liked it. It took a LOT of work! :)
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.
October 27, 2005
Bernanke: There's No Housing Bubble to Go Bust
Fed Nominee Has Said 'Cooling' Won't Hurt
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!
* Amazing Riff *
Stag,
Yes. Queen's guitar riff and the Fed's perverse eCONomic riff.
There's madness to the Fed's method!
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.
mab,
The very fabric of monetary spacetime has been riffed!
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