No Banker Left Behind – Ry Cooder

 

I’ve posted this in response to Robert Okaji’s powerful poem, Political Haibun, https://robertokaji.com/2017/06/22/po...

 

My telephone rang one evening, my buddy called for me

Said the bankers are all leavin’, you better come round and see

It started revelation, they robbed the nation blind,

They’re all down at the station, no banker left behind.

No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.

They were all down at the station, no banker left behind

Well the bankers called a meetin’, to the whitehouse they went one day

They was going to call one the president, in a quiet and a sociable way

The afternoon was sunny and the weather it was fine

They counted all our money and no banker was left behind

No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.

They were all down at the white house, no banker was left behind

Well I hear the whistle blowin, it plays a happy tune

The conductor is calling “all aboard”, we’ll be leavin soon

With champagne and shrimp cocktails and that’s not all you’ll find

There’s a billion dollar bonus and no banker left behind

No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.

When the train pulled out next mornin’, no banker was left behind

No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.

When the train pulled out next mornin’, no banker was left behind

No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.

They were all down at the station, no banker left behind

No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.

When the train pulled out next mornin’, no banker was left behind

Lyrics and Music: Ry Cooder