BANANA HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
(America the Beautiful)
WilliamBanzai7
O beautiful and spacious lies,
For fraudulent Wall Street gains,
With pinstriped swindling tragedies
Above your 401k!
America! America!
God won't shed this disgrace from thee
And crown those hoods--the banksta brotherhood
From scheme to ponzi scheme!
O beautiful for thievery and political lies
Whose two faced distress
A thoroughfare of lobbying and greed
Across the populist wilderness!
America! America!
God send thine every corrupt and crony fiend,
Confirm thy soul without self-control,
Their liberties above the law!
O beautiful for heroes screwed
In bungled economic strife.
Those who love themselves above their land
And moral hazard more than life!
America! America!
May God's work Goldman's Blankfein refine
Till all success be Fat Cat nobleness
And bailout gains divine!
O beautiful for patriots reamed
That sees beyond the tears of subprime slime
Thine asset bubble cities gleam
Undimmed by quantitative legerdemain!
America! America!
God won't shed this disgrace from thee
And crown those hoods-- the banksta brotherhood
One big den of Wall Street thieves!
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Where is Lorena Bobbitt when you need her?
ReplyDelete"A slovenly 32-year old junior trader with terrible social skills, zero management ability and no one reporting to him can make millions of dollars a year. He’s the guy you read about in the newspaper making three times the CEO’s salary. He’s the guy that all the other firms are trying to poach. And he’s the guy that used to be referred to admiringly as a “big swinging dick.” "
The whole industry needs one company to be made an example of....
I read that piece. Animal House on steroids.
ReplyDeleteI would love to record this with The Vocal Chords! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSfnH51KX8
ReplyDeleteBTW, I've always enjoyed reading your lyrics.
Thanks for your support. Yes, The Vocal Chords would work very well on this one. I'd have to rejigger it a bit since actually singing the lyrics is slightly different than reading them.
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