Lyrics

You've Gotta Be Kidding Me

Finally got a job where they paid for benefits
A co-pay on prescriptions, and a 401K plan
And I was satisfied that the acronyms on my paycheck stub
wasn't siphoning my money to the Klan

a year later when we all got laid off even though
the company was making hand over fist
the Executive board told the shareholders
"It doesn't get any better than this."

And I said...
You have got to be kidding me
You have got to be jokin'
You gotta be seriously tryin' to put one past me brother
What have you been smokin'

If you are in a pillbox to pay back
a healthy overdraw on your credit line
Well the bank will say, "We can't be nice and cut everybody slack
so readjust or you'll be doing time."

But when they wipe out your entire retirement
thru an scandalous S&L fund
They'll shrug their shoulders and say "Well that's the market,
now help me re-adjust my cummerbund."

You have got to be kidding me
You're just tryin' to get one over
You're soft-pedaling this lemon on me brother
Taking me for some dumb ogre
and get one over

and they say that it's best to tuck away the truth
cos the trust you deserve is backordered on credit
it's for the good of the public and we're protecting you
So don't ask questions, don't protest, just get it!"

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