GREEK DEBT SONG                            

Lyric by Merle Hazard

Melody (“Never on Sunday”) by Manos Hadjidakis (courtesy EMI)

Thanks:  Tom Carroll, Josh May, David Shayne

(Special message for Greek listeners, from Merle, here.

Ειδικό μήνυμα για τους Έλληνες ακροατές εδώ.)

[Translation to German here: Übersetzung auf Deutsch]

Oh yes, the Greeks gave us Pythagoras, and Euclid, and Plato, and other wondrous stuff

But balancing their national budget, their budget, their budget, apparently is tough

They used derivatives from Goldman, from Goldman, from Goldman, expenses to postpone

And had to go to France and Germany, and Germany, and Germany, to get a bailout loan

They borrowed short, at a lower rate

Like the Wall Street brokers, we have grown to hate

And when the markets, get into a funk

They won't buy your paper, if it's rated "junk"

The budget problem of the Greeks, of the Greeks, of the Greeks, are a European pain

I hope it doesn't spread to Portugal, Portugal, Portugal, Italy or Spain

The ECB and IMF, IMF, IMF, have applied their expertise

To keep the European Union, from crumbling, from crumbling, just like feta cheese

Let’s hear a little bouzouki!

[Instrumental]

And when the markets, get into a funk

They won't buy your paper, if it's rated "junk"

Some say that Greece may drop the Euro, the Euro, the Euro so their products can compete

And if it still is not enough, not enough, not enough, maybe they can sell off Crete.

And if it still is not enough, not enough, not enough, maybe they can sell off Crete!