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( Occupy Wall Street financial bailout song lyrics )
$700 BILLION MAY BE CHUMP CHANGE
( BUT IT'S MORE THAN I MAKE IN A WEEK )
Copyright © 2008 - MickTerry.com

On   YouTube,  performed  LIVE  by  MICK TERRY

It would have been nice:
ivy'd Tudor trimmed in stucco and brown.
A little high priced,
but the agent kept the payments down.
And he said he could help us swing it
with some mortgage better than a balloon.
He didn't care we could barely wing it,
and then Jeanette lost her job too soon.

It would have been nice:
sculpted pool and fountain tiled in dark blue.
Who gave us advice?
Was he more concerned with you-know-who?
Just as long as he got his commissions
paid upfront with all the other fees.
Who ever said it would be his mission
to watch out for our family?

    SEVEN HUNDRED BILLION
    MAY BE CHUMP CHANGE,
    but it's more than I make in a week.
    SEVEN HUNDRED BILLION
    MAY BE CHUMP CHANGE.
    Will a bailout fix a gushing leak?

It would have been nice:
weeping willows shading manicured lawns.
We'd gotten enticed to have
ventured where we shouldn't have gone.
Lending money's a risky business.
Our whole country's on a windless tack.
Will seven hundred bail us out of this mess,
fluff our sails & bring our confidence back?

    CHORUS

        Whose ship is sinking?
        Is it mine? Is it ours? Is it theirs?
        Something is stinking!
        Should I fret? Should I worry? Should I care?
        Fat cat on a window ledge,
        tiny insects far below.
        One step and it's off the edge.
        Will his broker ever even know?

It would have been nice:
American dream without the picket fence.
We'd sailed into ice.
Were we blind or corrupted or dense?
Once again, do we bail out all the fat cats,
those who put us right here with their greed?
Once again, do we listen to the plutocrats?
Are they list'ning to the Wall or Main Street?
Once again, do we bail out all the fat cats?
Did they even think of bailing out me?

    CHORUS

Copyright © 2008  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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"We are the 1% !"  video

11-27-11:
Occupy Wall Street demonstrations continue throughout US
http://www.care2.com/causes/top-10-must-see-occupy-wall-street-videos-slideshow.html?page=2

9-17-11:
Occupy Wall Street demonstrations spread against corporate greed
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/10/07/occupy-wall-street-getting-back-to-business-after-clashes-with-police/

10-8-10:
Inside Job documentary film about the 2008 financial meltdown
http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Job_(film)

12-14-09:
Wells Fargo Bank last to repay bailout
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/economy/15bank.html

12-7-09:
$700 billion financial industry bailout may cost $200 billion less
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091207/bs_nm/us_economy_treasury_tarp_4

10-22-09:
Pay czar cuts bailout exec pay & bonuses
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33434209/ns/business-us_business/

4-2-09:
London protests turn violent, G-20 financial summit looks for answers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30004815/

2-4-09:
Obama caps exec bailout salaries at $500,000. Non-retroactive.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bailout_executive_pay

2-3-09:
Wells Fargo canceled trips only after Congress grief over $25 billion.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28999671/

1-27-09:
Bailout bank execs continue salaries, bonuses & excesses
with no Congressional restrictions as employees laid off.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/28869701/

1-6-09:
Citi-Corp cut costs by canceling toy train show ($240,000),
but continued to sponsor Mets ($20 million/year) & $50 million jet
with $45 billion taxpayer bailout money.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=home&sid=aoWETn.FPHNU

12-22-08:
GAO not clear if bailout billions being used as required.
http://www.joplinglobe.com/editorial/local_story_356200837.html?keyword=topstory

11-11-08:
AIG had 3 meetings/parties at exclusive resorts costing
over $300,000 each after given billions of bailout money.

10-30-08:
Banks receiving bailout give bonuses to execs.

10-2-08:
$700 billion bailout of Wall Street rejected, edited,
then passed by Congress without too much discussion
of alternative options.

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To other George W. Bush song lyrics:   LAME DUCK
To other political song lyrics:   HOCUS POTUS
To other money song lyrics:   TOUGH JOB
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