Monday, October 10, 2011

Money That Keeps on Making More Money (or the Bernie Madoff Blues)



Hey little children Bernie’s comin’ to town
He’s gonna take all your money and invest it around
When it comes to your shares he guarantees
20 percent interest, maybe even 30 you’ll see

Go to sleep little children, you’re in safe hands
Bernie’s gonna double your retirement plan
The world is uncertain, the future unknown
But you don’t have to worry, your money’s already grown

Ah but for a while it was all so comforting
I could always be sure what tomorrow would bring
Cause what can put a man more at ease
Than money that keeps on makin’ more money?

Sleep tight little children, sleep the whole night through
Things that are good can also be true
There’s poverty all around but you’re fortified
Like a dove in Noah’s flood you’re safe in the sky

Wake up little children, all your money is gone
You put your whole nest egg in the hands of a con
It was all a big lie, so easy to believe
Wake up little children to the American dream

Ah but for a while it was all so comforting
I could always be sure what tomorrow would bring
Cause what can put a man more at ease
Than money that keeps on makin’ more money?

Now there’s a Palm Beach Jewelry store offerin’ fast cash
But you’re late on your mortgage so you better act fast
The dream has dried up in the dawn’s early light
Security’s a lullaby that hums you to sleep at night

Back to not knowing where to get your next meal
Schrodinger’s cat and a blind lady’s wheel
No one is alone and there is no safe place
Welcome back little children to the human race

Ah but for a while it was all so comforting
I could always be sure what tomorrow would bring
Cause what in this world can put a man more at ease
Than money that keeps on making more money?




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