I decided to have some fun this morning, and came up with a Gilbert & Sullivan Parody about the current economic crisis. (Sung to “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General”, from The Pirates of Penzance.)
I am the Very Model of a Wicked Wall Street Billionaire
I am the very model of a wicked Wall Street billionaire;
Because of me you’re unemployed. I’ve got my bonus I don’t care.
I’m talented and wonderful, I’m indispensible you see.
It takes a lot of money to retain finance gurus like me.
I really cannot take the blame for killing the economy.
If I was smarter I’d have found a safe job in astronomy.
I fleeced you suckers royally and it’s too late to call the cops.
I took you to the cleaners, selling mortgages and credit swaps.
As long as I am justified by Fox News and CNBC,
I really couldn’t care less for the cost in human misery.
To me it doesn’t matter if the economic system’s fair.
I am the very model of a wicked Wall Street billionaire.
I’m really much too busy to find out how homeless people live,
I’m trying to disintangle my involvement in derivatives.
It isn’t up to folks like me to find our way out of this crash.
You lost your home, well woop-dee-do, I’m still entitled to my cash.
The prospect of a penniless retirement makes you feel ill.
The party’s over, we’ve gone home, and you’re the ones stuck with the bill.
We sold you an illusion, and your hopes and dreams are snatched from you.
I’m in the Cayman Islands; I will raise my glass and laugh at you!
The accusations of the middle class are starting to sound old.
I’ll piously spout off the Golden rule, since I’ve got all the gold.
To me it doesn’t matter if the economic system’s fair.
I am the very model of a wicked Wall Street billionaire.
I own the sand box and the toys and I was never taught to share.
Yes I am the very model of a wicked Wall Street billionaire.
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