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The Bankers’ Boogie

by Martin Craig

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Banks that were bailed out with public money after their gambles failed spectacularly are paying huge bonuses to senior staff, massive dividends to shareholders, closing essential high street branches in small towns and villages and generally laughing all the way to the, er...

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We’ve been so generous
Less for you and more for us
We’ve been so generous
Less for you and more for us
We’ve been so generous
Now you have to pay

We’re too big to fail
Now it’s gone bad, you’ll have to bail
We’re a private entitity
Now it’s time to rescue me
We’ve been so generous
Now you have to pay

When times were good and you were willing
We went for broke and I made a killing
Now you see bad times are here
Don’t come crying in my beer, ‘cause

We’ve been so generous
Less for you, more for us
We’ve been so generous
Less for you and more for us
We’ve been so generous
Now you have to pay

Solo

Every year we need that fix
Give it to us now, or we’ll up sticks
Bonus culture is its name -
City Boy Shootout is our game, and
We’ve been so generous
Now you have to pay

When times were good and you were willing
We went for broke and I made a killing
Now you see bad times are here, well
Don’t come crying in my beer, ‘cause

We’ve been so generous
Less for you, more for us
We’ve been so generous
Less for you and more for us
We’ve been so generous
Now you have to pay
Now you have to pay
Now you have to pay

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released May 16, 2018
Words & Music ©️Martin Craig.
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Martin Craig Scotland, UK

Martin Craig has been playing music live for over 60 years, since he and his pals formed a skiffle group in his parents' garden, aged 10. His songwriting explores current themes; often humorously, sometimes satirically, always musically.

Martin lives 'two-thirds off-grid' in a former shepherds' bothy in a remote part of rural Scotland.
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