Uncle Sam's Lament-The Foremen

[ti:Uncle Sam's Lament] [ar:The Foremen] [al:What's Left?] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Uncle Sam's Lament - The Foremen [00:07.14]Well it ain't no hype [00:09.32] [00:11.58]Times is tough [00:12.94] [00:14.92]I'm cryin' and wipin' my nose on my cuff [00:19.26] [00:20.77]And I stand out on the sidewalk [00:23.21] [00:23.80]With my hand out in the cold [00:26.78] [00:28.01]Buddy can you spare a billion dollars [00:34.37] [00:35.52]Well I'm feelin' blue [00:38.63] [00:39.73]'Tain't feelin' pink [00:41.35] [00:43.03]'Cause I printed too much green stuff with red ink [00:47.58] [00:48.68]And I walk up Main Street Anytown [00:52.00]In hock up to my neck [00:54.29] [00:55.60]Buddy can you spare a billion dollars [01:02.19] [01:03.69]Once the sun was high [01:06.57]And I was everybody's Uncle Sam [01:09.75] [01:10.54]All I had to do was point a finger at 'em and say [01:14.46]"I want you " [01:16.58] [01:17.36]Now the sky is cloudy [01:19.09]And they swear they don't know who I am [01:22.07] [01:23.33]I'm mildly recessed [01:24.80] [01:25.96]And tremendously overdressed [01:28.49] [01:31.99]A billion dollars [01:33.02] [01:34.35]Why that's a thousand million dollars [01:37.13] [01:37.83]That's enough to fill the Houston Astrodome [01:39.78]With Good & Plenty [01:40.73] [01:41.92]That's enough to support [01:42.84]Arianna Huffington for six or seven years [01:45.45] [01:47.25]That's enough to buy every banjo ever made [01:49.84] [01:51.65]But for me that's just one day's interest payment [01:55.77] [01:58.33]Now when I was secure [02:01.13] [02:02.71]I was a mensch [02:04.52] [02:06.41]I rebuilt Europe in spite of the French [02:10.25] [02:11.60]Now I'm flat out on the sidewalk [02:14.36] [02:14.94]With my hat out in the snow [02:18.74]Buddy hey buddy [02:22.98] [02:24.96]Anybody can you spare a billion dollars