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Bailout Blues

from Chameleon by Robert Lindsay Nathan

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Remember the first time you filled out a 1040? My thought at the time was that it seemed really foreign to the concept of freedom. The lyrics to this song attempt to reflect that feeling, and much more.

I think that I had just read G, Edgar Griffin's book "The Creature from Jekyll Island", which covers the history of the unholy alliance between the financial sector and government. It was like when Toto pulled back the curtain to reveal a frumpy old man pulling the strings to emulate the Great Wizard of Oz (ounce of precious metal).

This song is an attempt to encapsulate the conundrum of this in just a few lines of verse.

A special thanks to Ephraim Owens for the great trumpet accompaniment on this one.

lyrics

Bailout Blues
Copyright 2010 Robert Lindsay Nathan, Jr.

Rich man’s got deductions
Business has their subsidies
Bankers get their bailouts
The Fed’s got monopoly

My daddy always taught me
Son, there’s nothin’ free
So I’ve just got a load of tax
And a lousy J. O. B.

Who’s gonna bail out me?
Who’s gonna bail out me?

The Federal Reserve
It’s so absurd
They’re not part of bein’ free.
Who’s gonna bail out me?
It ain’t the oligocracy
Or their legalized Ponzi schemes.

Chorus

I just want to live my life
In peace, love and liberty,
Don’t want no big daddy government
Takin’ care of me.

Poor man’s got the welfare,
Hungry man’s got the stamps,
Panhandler has a cardboard sign, and
Salvation army pants

My daddy always taught me
Son, there’s nothin’ free
So I’ve just got a load of tax
And a lousy J. O. B.

Who’s gonna bail out me?
Who’s gonna bail out me?
Good God bless
Not the IRS
Or their criminality.
Who’s gonna bail out me?
It ain’t the politician
Or this codependency.


Chorus

I just want to live my life
In peace love and anarchy,
Don’t want no big daddy government
To sponsor my slavery

Outro

Who’s gonna bail out me?
It’s me and my friends
Neighbors and then
God and family

Who’s gonna bail me out.....?

Who’s gonna bail out me?
It’s me and my friends
Neighbors and then
God and family

Who’s gonna bail me out.....?

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from Chameleon, released November 16, 2018
Music and Lyrics by Robert Lindsay Nathan

Robert Lindsay Nathan: acoustic guitar, tremolo guitar and lead vocal
Mark Hallman: drums, bass, Hammond organ, vibraphone, harmonies
Andre Moran: electric guitar
Laura Mordecai: congas, percussion
Ephraim Owens: trumpet

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Robert Lindsay Nathan Canyon Lake, Texas

Robert Lindsay (Bama) Nathan was born in New Orleans on September 24, 1952. He was raised in Muscle Shoals Alabama and formally educated in Texas (Gig 'em Aggies). He has been writing songs since the early 1970's and has circled the globe playing them.

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