Big Time Corporate Blues

War-mongers gettin’ crazy, the economy’s goin’ to trash;
System’s goin’ bankrupt while the big boys are stealin’ the cash.
Every time I hear the news, I get the big-time corporate blues.

They tell us “greed is good,” if they don’t keep expanding, they’ll die.”
They got eight million lawyers with the best minds money can buy to tell you why.
Every time I hear their lies, get the big time corporate blues.

They play with other people’s money, they’re like junkies with a monkey on their backs;
They keep their profits offshore so they don’t have to pay any tax.
Every time I face the facts, I get the big-time corporate blues.

{Bridge} Autocratic, plutocratic, thievin’ fat cats,
Suit and tie looters modern-day aristocrats:
Ripping off the people, tearing up the land;
When it’s all for them and the rest of us be damned
I get the blues, I get the corporate blues.
Hogs in the boardroom, feedin’ at the trough;
For that greedy CEO enough is never enough.
Ain’t you tired of them ripping us off;
I got the big-time corporate blues.

They stole my pension, took my savings and my little nest egg;
They got these giant drug pharmacies, they try to sell ya relief for an arm and a leg.
When there’s nothin’ left to lose, you get the big-time corporate blues.

They’ll eat away at your rights like parasites; they’re like a giant tapeworm.
They got their names and their logos and their advertising-everywhere you turn.
Every time we get burned, I get the big-time corporate blues.

{Bridge} Lehman Brothers, Citicorp, Morgan Guarantee
AIG, Goldman Sachs – they’re all a bunch of thieves.
Ripping off the people, tearing up the land;

When it’s all for them and the rest of us be damned
You get the blues, you get the corporate blues.
They got no heart, no conscience or soul;

Grabbin’ more money’s the only thing they know.
When there’s nothin’ left to lose –
You get the big-time corporate blues.

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Words & Music by: C. Michael Stout, August, 2002