marcos,
The songs that everyone has posted on this thread have been really great. I thought we could use a blues song to get a different feel on this thread. I that lines like "I ain't got a home in this world anymore" would describe the effects of some of these scams, and other lines like "I got a 38 special on a 44 frame, how can I miss if I've got dead aim" might sum up the feelings of the victims.
Heres a 12-bar blues based on James Alley Blues by Richard "Rabbit" Brown many years ago, and performed more recently by Mr. Bob Dylan iaehv.nl .
I changed the verses and tried to get some new ones that sort of had the same feel. I liked the sentiment in the last verse in the original version, so I kept it as is, even though it doesn't exactly fit in with the rest of the song.
Regards,
John Sladek
The Pumped and Dumped Blues
These old penny stocks ain't nothing like they used to be ...
No these old penny stocks ain't nothing like they used to be ...
I'm telling you the truth, oh take it from me ...
I buy the groceries, and I pay the rent,
yes I buy the groceries, and I pay the rent,
If I keep playing the pennies, I won't have one red cent.
'cause I was fooled before, I ain't so easy to fool
yes I was fooled before, so I ain't that easy to fool..
..seen "widows and orphans" fooled, those con men can be so cruel.
Oh you want to take my money, but you don't tell me so,
Oh you want to take my money, but you don't tell me so,
If you want to steal my money, I'll tell you where to go.
Well I've seen much better scams, and I ain't putting up with these..
I've seen much better scams, and I ain't putting up with these...
I'm gonna get even, I'm calling up the SEC.
I give you sugar and stevia, you give me vinegar and salt...
I give you sugar and stevia, from you I vinegar and salt...
If you wind up talking to a judge, well its your own fault
Sometimes I think that you're to sweet to die
Sometimes I think that you're to sweet to die
And another time I think that you ought to be burried alive. |
