Posts Tagged ‘corruption’

You don’t have to read about the fall of Rome

February 10, 2026

Put your phones in the fridge
Cuz it’s time to tell the truth
They’re destroying our families
They violate our youth

They got teletype readers
And knuckleheaded minions
They made it illegal
To have an opinion

Politicians bought and sold
In the blink of a flash
They’d sell their mother’s soul
For a handful of cash

They mortgaged off the future
And partied like fools
Every 5 minutes
They make up new rules

They got as much honor
As the Easter Bunny
Now they wanna pay us back
With Monopoly money

You don’t have to read
About the fall of Rome
Just look what they did
To our beautiful Home


by Richard W. Bray

Politicians Begging Scraps off a Rich Man’s Table

June 6, 2015

AAAAAAAAAAAAorgan grinder

I’ll sing you a story
That ain’t no fable
Politicians begging scraps
Off a rich man’s table

They sing for their supper
They dance for dessert
American people
Get left in the dirt

Stealing from the poor
And giving to the rich
Leaving everyone else
Stuck in a ditch

So easy to buy
A congressional flunky
Like an organ grinder
With a cute little monkey

by Richard W. Bray

Ballad of the Pitiable Politician

July 20, 2012

I love the working man
And I’d walk your picket line
But my wingtips give me bunions
And my sneakers need a shine
And it’s so darn hot
When I’m out in the sunny
You know I feel your pain
But I love that dirtymoney

Free trade ain’t so free
When we ship your job away
But those fat cats with their wallets
Will remember me someday
Disappearin’ factory jobs
Ain’t no kind of funny
You know I feel your pain
But I love that dirtymoney

All my favorite people
Are really corporations
Corporations don’t get sick
Or ask me for vacations
Politicians crave cash
Like a bear loves him some honey
You know I feel your pain
But I need that dirtymoney

by Richard W. Bray