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Interesting Times (performed by Richard Barry)

from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy by Louis Barabbas

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lyrics

Underneath every event
Both those discreet and prominent
You'll find a trader hanging off it
Like a limpet seeking profit
Thousands die and thousands live
You're on the take
Why should you give
A thought to who
Slips through the sieve
We all exist to serve the business

May you live through
Interesting times
May you live through
Interesting
(What are you suggesting?)
May you live through
Interesting times
What's the use
If no one profits?
No excuse
Get your hands off it

Human beings
Dirty brewings
Victims fleeing
Through the ruins
Lawyers suing
Debts accruing
Nothing ventured
Nothing doing
Pay them
Sway them
Or enslave them
Do it all
From a tax haven
Yield enlarging
Book massaging
Indiscriminate surcharging

May you live through
Interesting times
May you live through
Interesting
(Personal besting)
May you live through
Interesting times
No moral high-horse where there's a profit
So dismount lest you're thrown off it

As the markets rise and fall
Well that's the cue to make your call
There's wealth in store
Get set for more
But always keep your funds offshore
Guilty parties
Guilty pleasures
Deadly doses
No half measures
Here's some wisdom
Come and listen
So you too can play the system

May you live through
Interesting times
Though you all knew
Terms and conditions apply
May you live through
Interesting times
Chase that profit
Seize and scoff it
If it were a wine you'd quaff it
Beef it up and stroganoff it
Okay boys I think he's got it

Scoop a little from the bottom
Skim a little off the top
Don't underestimate a short back and sides
Put on a tie and take the lot
The scruples are long forgotten
No one knows where that buck stops
Another day another dollar
All strictly white collar
Forgive me if I keep talking shop
But just wait until you see that share price drop
Can you hear the champagne corks go pop?
Come on kid show us what you got

May you live through
Interesting times
Public loss and private gain
Have always happily combined
May you live through
Interesting times
One simply cannot overstate
There is no tragedy too great
No we would never hesitate
To up the portion on our plate
May you live through
Interesting times
Screw your way through
Interesting times
May you live through
Interesting times
Interesting
Smart investing
Heart arresting
Rule contesting
Share divesting
Trade infesting
Stock ingesting
Means testing
Interesting interesting
Interesting times.

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from Jocasta: A Musical Tragedy, released May 5, 2017

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Louis Barabbas is a writer, performer and firefighter, best known for caustic love songs and energetic stage shows.

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