MONEY FOR NOTHING--PRIVATE EQUITY

BANZAI7 NEWS--The heads I win, tails you lose compensation structure may be in a deep freeze at banks. But it sure looks robust in the private equity industry, Breakingviews says. A quick perusal of prospectuses for the current crop of leveraged buyouts returning to the stock market reveals just how adept buyout barons are at fortifying their own pockets with payouts, the publication says.



MONEY FOR NOTHING–PRIVATE EQUITY
(Money for Nothing, Dire Straits)
WilliamBanzai7

Now look at them yo-yos that’s the way you do it
Bloating companies with debt then pay yourself a big fat fee
That aint workin thats the way you do it
Money for nothin–private equity
Now that aint workin thats the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys aint dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister from your blackberry

We get to hire our own fat cat consultants
Custom carried interest, success and monitoring fees
We gotta float these corporate refrigerators
We gotta screw our own LP…….s

See the little maggot in the pinstripes and suspenders
Yeah buddy thats his own hair
That little maggot got his own jet airplane
That little maggot hes a billionaire

We get to hire our own fat cat consultants
Custom carried interest, success and monitoring fees
We gotta gloat these corporate refrigerators
We gotta screw our own LP…….s

I shoulda learned acquisition finance
I shoulda learned to play them buy out drums
Look at that mama, she got it stickin in the squawk box
Man we could have some fun
And hes up there, whats that? hawaiian noises?
Bangin on the bongoes like Henry Kravis and Tommy Lee
That aint workin thats the way you do it
Get your money for nothin—private equity

We get to hire our own fat cat consultants
Custom carried interest, success and monitoring fees
We gotta float these corporate refrigerators
We gotta screw our own LP…….s

Now that aint workin thats the way you do it
Bloating companies with debt and pay yourself a big fat fee
That aint workin thats the way you do it
Money for nothin–private equity
Money for nothin–private equity

I want my, I want my management fees