Bail out! Bail out!

[Plucketeer]

The sun's well up
dumpling clouds dot the sky.
I should be right happy,
but I'm not and here's why.

My country's had one of it wheels fall off
of course, life goes on and at me you might scoff.
But some distant place that I've never been
has got it's hands out for our money again.

Now I've known folks who've lost everything -
they crashed to the ground like they'd just lost a wing.
But their smashing, turns out, wasn't their fault
On some far-off island, someone robbed a bank vault.

On prestigious Wall Street, in some faraway town
swindlers pulled out a card and brought everything down.
I wouldn't care much since we've little stored there
But this nation's leaders now FORCE me to care.

"We can't afford this, and we can't afford that.
But we can afford bombs to blow everything flat"
Social security - yeah, let's privatize that
if we had, just think where we'd now be at!

Universal health care? Are you out of your mind?
Where for that, might I ask, would the money you find?
Bridges and roads? What do we need them for?
There's no jobs so you don't need to get there no more!

But wait! Like Iraq, there's terror ahead
Wall Street's meltdown is worse than burning in bed!
Hundreds of Millions to bail them out?
The world's bestest minds - those you would doubt?

If you're sick and reeling with pain
I can give you an aspirin again.
But if your job is moving offshore -
suck it up, ya hear? No whining no more.

But have a bank fail? Of that don't you fear?
Fat cats losing their luxuries? Oh my! Oh dear!
We must tap the treasurys, send out urgent faxes -
squeeze the little guy more, we need more of their taxes!

CEOs floating down on a gold parachute
while I plummet to earth - no one gives a hoot.
They gave me a badge for fighting a war
they've collected their taxes - they don't need me no more.

[annabanana]

1. BIG kick! This is great...

It's a blues riff if I ever heard one... If anyone ever puts it to music, PM me so I don't miss the thread!

Do you do this often?

[Plucketeer]

2. I do alot of rhyme, thanks.

I appreciate your kind words. I could actually put this to a tune, if I knew how to write music. Wish I could!

[annabanana]

3. another kick for another's look . . . . . .. . n/t