We didn’t Start the Fire

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.