Pre-Approved: No Way Out
Sung to the Cole Porter tune
"You're The Top"

Pre-approved,
Here's your application.
Pre-approved,
Tell us your vocation.
Then check off how large a line of debt you'd like –
Maybe twenty thousand?
How 'bout two hundred thousand
With more down the pike?


Pre-approved,
You're a modest spender.
Pre-approved,
We'll be your fav'rite lender,
Until you miss a payment
   'cause you lost your job, you louse –
You're in great big trouble,
The Market popped its bubble,
So we took your house –

No way out,
Bush's Congress says –
No way out,
Unless you're the prez
Of a giant corporation like Kenny Lay who's got
Enough moolah
To hire Abdullah
So you don't owe squat.

No way out,
For the little person.
No way out,
They'll keep you dispersin'
All your hard earned dough to the giant banks you owe
Through MasterCard and Visa
Who, like Mona Lisa,
Are now smiling 'cause
The Congress that they bought could not say "No!"

* The Washington Post - 3/11/05
"Senate Passes Bill to Restrict Bankruptcy"

Music & Original Lyric by Cole Porter
Alternate Lyric by Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
3/11/05

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