WHEN FRUGALITY WENT OUT OF FASHION
At Merrill they relieve themselves on the floor
when bonuses don't match their four-by-four.
Is this not a nation spoiled to the core?
Bonuses when others don't have a door.
Let the wimps cry, and the rich boys holler,
it's all about the fading dollar.
If they want to see what life is like,
let them ride to work on a poor man's bike.
While people are thrown into the street,
they try to get a bonus to meet
the loans they took on a monster mansion,
in the year frugality went out of fashion.
Instead of peeing on the floor, get real my friend,
for when the world reels and nears an end,
no bonus will save you from the bears,
no car will keep you far from tears.
If you are lucky GOLD might save you,
when we are fighting for a bowl of stew,
a piece of bread to prevent hunger's pangs,
a prayer to fight off Depression's fangs.
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