Widows and Orphans

from Your Personal Apocalypse by freelightnow

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Political Satire poking fun at America's dysfunctional oligarchy

Special thanks to Rainier Billingsley for his harp playing

Every penny to charity.

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Widows and Orphans

You gotta hundred billion in the bank ,
run the market, make economies tank,
think it's time we talked ,
wanna be frank,
hand us a check,
leave the amount it's for blank .

Widows and orphans
you know who really cares,
if they can afford coffins.
Gotta say,
your ethics come from a monopoly game ,

Counting your money must be insane,
Behind your penthouse walls your feeling no pain,
what keeps you up at night is capital gains,
that you can't buy and sell us all is what gives you pain .

Homeless veterans,
live under bridges,
you better just forget them.
Gotta say,
we'd all be living there if you had your way .

Yer slaves in China pumpin this junk out,
To sell at Christmas,
a bargain there's no doubt,
you'll make a killing ,
that's what it's all about !
Pitchforks at the castle walls are peasants without clout .

The sick an dying,
important not to let it affect your dining .
Gotta say ,
I think you suffer from a complete lack of shame !

Buy a politician out em in DC,
to do your bidding,
in the land of the free.
See em smiling kissing babies on TV,
helpin ya pilfer social security .

Widows and orphans
you know who really cares,
if they can afford coffins.
Gotta say,
I think the help spit in you caviar tray .

You gotta hundred billion in the bank ,
run the market make economies tank,
think it's time we talked ,
wanna be frank,
hand us a check,
and leave the amount it's for blank .

Widows and orphans
you know who really cares,
if they can afford coffins.
Gotta say,
the disease of corruption has affected your brain .

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from Your Personal Apocalypse, released February 7, 2014

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