Courtesy of williambanzai7
SYMPATHY FOR THE SHORTS
SYMPATHY FOR THE SHORTS
(Sympathy For the Devil, Stones)
WilliamBanzai7
Please allow me to introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
Ive been around for a long, long year
Stole many a mans nest egg and faith
And I was round when Livermore
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Madoff
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around AIG
When I saw it was a time for a change
Fired the CEO and his SVPs
While Bernanke screamed in vain
I killed WAMU Bank
Was best friends with Hank
When the markets raged
And when the EURO sank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watch with glee
While your investment banks bleed
Fought for ten decades
To kill all the shitty deals they made
I shouted out,
Who killed Lehman, Bear and the GSEs?
When after all
It was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for banksta troubadours
Who get fired before they reach Mumbay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every banker is a criminal
And all the Wall Street thieves are saints
As heads is tails
Just call me hedge fund Joe
cause I’m in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned risk controls
Or Ill lay your trading book to waste, um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, whats my name
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FRIDAY!
WB7
[Note: I did this in September of 2008 and it got some good coverage. I am happy to see that the original song is apparently deployed in the movie Wall Street II. It was the first song I thought of when the shit hit the fan that September. I wonder if Stone saw my version of the song on the internet…]
