The Bankers' Song

Take a mortgage, equity loan
enjoy yourself, it's just your home.
Spend it through our debit card
the terms are easy, it's not hard.

It's only paper, play the game
we'll package yours with more the same
and sell them to some naive folks
then sell short this cruel hoax.

Now if you fail and need salvation
we profit big, go on vacation
chuckling that the whole thing's legal
because the Feds repealed Glass-Steagall.

If, perchance, our math is wrong
we'll sing to Congress our sad song
fly there in our private jets
and ask for public safety nets.

None of us will go to jail
it's private pay and public bail.
We banks are just too big to fail
it's private pay and public bail.