Housing bubble, sub-prime
Countrywide out of its mind.
Mozilo’s tan, Thain’s rug
James Cayne is pretty smug.
Goldman’s Muppets, Fabulous Fab
Bailout Nation about to blab
CDO’s, Dimon’s wine
Bernanke says, “It’s all confined.”
We didn’t start the fire
Brokers always been churning,
so they could keep earning.
We didn’t start the fire,
Don’t try to fight it
’cause they’ll pay to rewrite it.
Lehman Brothers, “Everything’s fine”
Nothing works. They’re all entwined
Hank Paulson on his knees
Pelosi says, “You must say please.”
Geitner jogs, Paulson hurls
A bunch of bankers cry like girls
S.E.C., Sheila Bair
Barney Frank looks to chair
We didn’t start the fire
Brokers always been churning,
so they could keep earning.
We didn’t start the fire,
Don’t try to fight it
’cause they’ll pay to rewrite it.
TARP created with QE
Most investors still try to flee
BOJ, Bundesbank
Markets KO’d like Hilary Swank
Currency wars, short sell
Bear Stearns bids farewell
Dodd-Frank, Black Swan
Bear market — a marathon
We didn’t start the fire
Brokers always been churning,
so they could keep earning.
We didn’t start the fire,
Don’t try to fight it
’cause they’ll pay to rewrite it.
Peter Schiff, Gold Bugs
Reformed Broker exposes thugs
Flash Crash, Renminbi
Keynesians hate the Austerelies
Dow soars, gold crashes
Zero hedgers pick up ashes
Limitations save their asses!
Holder moves slow as molasses
We didn’t start the fire
Brokers always been churning,
so they could keep earning.
We didn’t start the fire,
Don’t try to fight it
’cause they’ll pay to rewrite it.
12b-1, Broker loads
Investor confidence rapidly erodes
Active or passive
What’s the choices of the masses?
SIFMA says “suitable”
Evidence for change – irrefutable
Betterment, Robos rise
Brokers in for a big surprise
We didn’t start the fire
Brokers always been churning,
so they could keep earning.
We didn’t start the fire,
Don’t try to fight it
’cause they’ll pay to rewrite it.
