A Modern Economic Psalm
By Paul Turk*
Oh, the financial holes people dig now
Just to prove that they’re big now
And they’re living, ‘what the frig?’ now
Never caring where it leads
So they build all their lives now
With their kids and their wives now
Filling up their holes and hives now
And life continually bleeds
Chorus
La-da-da da-da da-da-da
La-da-da da-da-da da-de
It’s the picture of humanity
And the holes people dig
So in panic they forget about
The things in life they can do without
When there’s no water comin’ from the spout
And it’s all crashing down
Their m.o. is to reach for the shovel
And try to dig out from their hovel
But real life ain’t a romance novel
And there’re real tears on the clown
Chorus
Our credit debt is going through the roof
Our empty lives are the living proof
The American Dream’s nuthin but a spoof
Most of life has been a waste
If there was just a million more dollars
And a few less collections callers
And it was either all his or all her’s
And in freedom was a just a taste
Would we really live responsible lives,
With our children and our wives;
And turn our ears off to the lies
And trade our culture for God’s grace?
La-da-da da-da da-da-da
La-da-da da-da-da da-de
There could be freedom now for you and me
From the holes that we dig.
*Roughly based on the song, “The Games People Play”, by Joe South – circa 1969
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