Текст песни Upper Sixth Loan Shark/Banker Bets, Banker Wins - Ian Anderson

Where did it come from, where's it going?

Upper sixth loan shark, numbers flowing

From the pen that never forgets,
Recording ledgers, each-way safe bets

Fauntleroys and first form fags, allowances all overspent

Pater's guilty generosity safely deposited against rainy day

There's money in those goddamn hills

Interest in sugar-coated bitter pills
Margins made from Tompkins Minor
Float aspirations, nothing finer...

Education, micro-managed
MBA: A doddle mastered
City-bound, Canary Wharf
A cushy number, fluky bastard
Banker bets and banker wins, never missed yet, for all his sins

Hedge funds, wraps and equities
Lackeys, aides in fierce attendance
Trusts and gilts, reserve currencies
Liquid gold in safe ascendance
Banker bets and banker wins, never missed yet, for all his sins

Treat myself to quality time,
Test a porsche and snort a line,
Eat Hermione for lunch
Set that glum PA a-jumping,
Book front-row tickets for something after we munch

Treat myself to quality time,
Test a porsche and snort a line,
Eat Hermione for lunch
Set that glum PA a-jumping,
Book front-row tickets for something after we munch

Fast-tracked futures, hard-nut traders
Feeding frenzy, pigs a-troughing
Fuelled by forecasts, and hot share options
Big fat bonus in the offing

Draconian calls for regulation
Are drowned in latte with Starbucks muffin
Mortgage melt-down: Non est mea culpa
Threatened exit, stage left, laughing...
Banker bets and banker wins, never missed yet, for all his sins.
Banker bets, cheque's in the post: Not worth the ink it's written in