Bubbles

from El Pulpo by John Davis & the Cicadas

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For More:
Visit the Real News Network (therealnews.com/t2/)
for episodes of The Black Financial and Fraud
Report with Bill Black, and The Hudson Report with
Michael Hudson.
Also see the book The Secrets of the Temple: How
the Federal Reserve Runs the Country by William
Greider.

lyrics

You’re such a soapsud - I watch you float
You’re such a soapsud - Don’t try and gloat
You could be housing or S and L
Or maybe dot com, it’s hard to tell -
I know you well
Public pensions: gambling chips
Played as the market soars and dips
On rumors and tips

I watch your pretty bubbles
turning into grime
A bailout on the double
and in the nick of time
I watch your pretty bubbles
right before they burst
They’re shiny, full of trouble;
to taste them causes thirst

First it was Paul and Alan,
then Janet after Ben
They all bend over and back again,
over and back again
For astronomic rates of return
I find it comic: they say they’re earned
Take a look, who gets burned
Noise trading swaptions,
delayed write downs
Backdating options, decayed downtowns
Smashing and grabbing, buy out with debt
The Drexel Gang has come to collect
Look out you could be next

I watch your pretty bubbles
turning into grime
You sit on top of rubble,
you’re the king of crime
We taste your pretty bubbles
stuck inside our throats
The parties working for you
bring us your ransom note
I watch your pretty bubbles
turning into grime
A bailout on the double
and in the nick of time
I watch your pretty bubbles
right before they burst
They’re shiny, full of trouble,
to taste them causes thirst

The campaign trail ends at your door
They want the cash inside your drawer
They straighten ties and check their watch
They’re wearing cufflinks, drinking scotch

credits

from El Pulpo, released October 20, 2017
Drums: Andrew Levi-Hiller
Bass: Peter Hughes
Oud, Guitars, Keyboards: John Davis
Backing & Chorus Lead Vocals: Wendy Allen

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John Davis & The Cicadas Durham, North Carolina

John Davis is a musician who works solo, with Folk Implosion, with a backing band called the Cicadas, and with Dennis Callaci. He also works on defending and transforming public education as a teacher - organizer with the Durham Association of Educators. ... more

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