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To "it
came upon a midnight clear"
(Words by Edmund Hamilton Sears/
Music by Richard Storrs Willis)
ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY GREG
HILFMAN
Parody Lyrics by Marcy Shaffer
from
song
of the robber baron
a versusplus.com econoparody operetta
robber baron:
I CAME UPON AN ENGINEER.
HIS THREE PH.D.s, MIT's.
A MIND SO BLINDING I SAID:
KID, WORK HERE!
MY FUND HAS STUNNED KEY TREASURIES!
YOUR FLAIR COULD MAKE YOU A BILLIONAIRE.
THROUGH DOING CONSTRUING OF STATS.
UP WHERE WE ALL BREATHE A SPECIAL AIR.
AN AIR SO RARE WE DON’T CARE TO SHARE.
WE WHO ARE THE NEW PLUTOCRATS!
WITH EACH EQUATION, YOU STRESSED MY TEST.
YOU SOARED, KID, YOU SCORED THIS REWARD.
AS YOU'RE NOT ASIAN, I'M MORE IMPRESSED!
GOOD LORD, HOW I WANT YOU ON BOARD!
SUCH JOYS, SUCH TOYS, KID, FROM MY EMPLOYS.
A TOWER OF POWER I SWING.
PLUS WHIRLS OF GIRLS, AND/OR CONVOYS OF BOYS.
A COUNTERPOISE FOR MY VICEROYS.
COME FLOWER IN MY BOWER OF BLING.
engineer:
hey mister robber baron
man, there's no debatin'
you rule and that's cool
you're captivatin' as satan
you're hauntin' my quantin'
to goose your abstruse stuff
but i am wantin' to produce stuff
for use stuff
like funky chips
and funky ships
to base in space or chase trace blips my thingamabobs will bringama-jobs
re-industrialize
spur u.s. feet to the beat
meet your new silicon-trepreneur
sweet
vc's gushin' i'll be flushin' the chinese
who i can tell, LOL, you do swell to appease
mister robber baron, we don't fit one bit
you just gild
i submit
you don't build shitret
and your middle class hole
a mass hole
which is rich, asshole
got no itch to be your bitchh
restatin', pal, you go pluck some other sucker
and pucker
i'm creatin' value
motherfucker
so no i won't go
to grow your dough
'cause dude, i conclude you are just a ho a ho
a ho
a ho, ho, ho and you blow
robber baron:
YOU APPEAR SO CLEAR, KID, CAREER IN GEAR.
WITH YOUR SLAP AT THE MAP I PROPOSE.
BUT A GADGETEER SHOULD REVERE, NOT CASHIER.
THE CHAP WHO'LL ZAP CAPITAL FLOWS.
SO CRUSADE AS THINGAMABOBBY KING.
DESIGN THAT, PIPE-LINE THAT, TO SHINE.
WHILE I RAID YOUR TRADE SECRET ARCADE FOR BEIJING.
UNSWAYED BY AMERICA'S FADE FROM THE RING.
AS A NEW PLUTOCRAT, IT'S ALL FINE.
AS A TRUE PLUTOCRAT, IT'S ALL MINE.
GARY STOCKDALE - lead vocal
(Robber Baron)
RANDY CRENSHAW - lead vocal (Engineer)
ANGIE JARÉE - Background Vocal
janis liebhart - Background Vocal
GARY STOCKDALE - Background Vocal
Greg Hilfman - music director
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