Ode To A Grecian Burn
Oh, Greece! What have you done?
You’ve given up before the war was won.
You laid down before the greedy banks
And told your people they should give thanks
For the promises that you have made
In exchange for debts to be repaid.
Scylla and Charibdes squeeze you down,
While Europa’s Bull tries to steal your crown
The world’s against you, but they forget
Your gift: democracy, agora, and better yet
The roots of Christendom lie at your feet
Perhaps Chiron your healer or even Zeus
Lend so much to carpenter Jesus
Who had once said better to get a camel
Through a needle’s eye, than compel
The money lenders to end their lies
And to expect them to exercise
Any kindness or heart towards these
Great creators on their knees.
Now we hang our heads in shame
And avarice is what we need to blame
The greed of croesus, mannon too
The bankers that declared “screw you”
as you chased the taurean pride
For finances to save your side
You told the rest of the globe
That democracy no longer had a hold
on the fate of your intellectual might
As you shed peace to cast us into the night
Oh Greece, where did you go?
I weep, but not for Papendreou
I cry for all which the world aspires
One’s ability to act on desires
You have proven we are at the end
Of freedom, our unfaithful friend
Our liberties are all for sale
In exchange for TV ads and junk mail
Selling us the latest crap
From the euro pimps who set your trap
Buy we will, and shop we must,
For recovery! In debt we trust!
Greece is a crime scene: http://www.gregpalast.com/lazy-ouzo-swilling-olive-pit-spitting-greeksor-how-goldman-sacked-greece/