Merle_Hazard_Greek-Debt-Song

GREEK DEBT SONG

GREEK DEBT SONG

Lyric by Merle Hazard

Sing to “Never on Sunday” by Manos Hadjidakis

Verse 1

Oh, yes, the Greeks gave us Pythagoras, and Euclid, and Plato, and other wondrous stuff

But balancing their nation'l budget, their budget, their budget, apparently is tough

They used derivatives from Goldman, from Goldman, from Goldman, expenses to postpone

And had to go to France and Germn'y, and Germ'ny, and Germ'ny, to get a bailout loan

Chorus 1

They borrowed short, at a lower rate

Like the Wall Street brokers, we have grown to hate

And when the markets, get into a funk

They won't buy your paper, if it's rated "junk"

Verse 2

The budget problem of the Greeks, of the Greeks, of the Greeks, are a European pain

We hope it doesn't spread to Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Italy or Spain

The ECB and IMF, IMF, IMF have applied their expertise

To keep the European Union, from crumbling, from crumbling, just like feta cheese

Verse 3

Some say that Greece may drop the Euro, the Euro, the Euro so their products can compete

And if it still not enough, not enough, not enough, maybe they can sell off Crete

And if it still not enough, not enough, not enough, maybe they can sell off Crete!