Musicated Stan's great anthem. Considering the subject matter, it had to be Death Metal--but since whatever I do comes out country, it's probably Country Death Metal. Just a draft, here--the band'll hear it this weekend. (That's an acoustic guitar doing all the parts, by the way.) It's on my "Wrabek's Works In Progress" page, link to which is:

www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songinfo.cfm?bandID=681142&songID=7441622

And the lyrics follow, as usual. Thanks, Stan, for the opportunity to play with this.

Joe

o[4/4, punk-rock beat]

DEATH OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
--Stan Good

1.
Kid-In-College Costs ya MORE Each Day
Nothin' Much LEFT in Your 401-K
Credit Costs MORE Every Month "You're Past"
It's THE DEATH OF THE MIDDLE CLASS!

2.
House' No Longer WORTH.."The Mortgage-Due"
The BANKERS got a BAILOUT (But They WON'T Help You!)
With Less-Than-PERFECT-Credit, They Just KICK-Your-Ass &
It's THE DEATH OF THE MIDDLE CLASS!

CHORUS:
Job's Real-SHAKY & The Plant-Might-CLOSE
6:00 News reports The Daily WOES
"Stock Market's DROPPIN'..But they're HIKING GAS"
We're Stuck in-The-MIDDLE..& We're SLIPPIN'-FAST...

3.
New Cars Cost Us TOO-MUCH to BUY
Taxes & Insurance run WAY TOO-High
"Changes are Promised", BUT if They Don't LAST
It's THE DEATH OF THE MIDDLE CLASS!

CHORUS:
Dropped our Cable 'cuz it Costs TOO Much
Analogue Rabbit Ears LOST their Touch
Digital TVs Cost an ARM-&-LEG
(Gonna Whip Up a Cardboard SIGN...& BEG!)

BREAK

4.
WISH I Had SOLAR, It'd Cost Me LESS
My Carbon-Footprint is a Global-Mess
My Jalopy Belches SMOKE & It's None-TOO-Fast
During THE DEATH OF THE MIDDLE CLASS...
{ADD:} (But I don't see ANY RICH FOLKS..Speed-PAST)
It�s THE DEATH OF THE MIDDLE CLASS....

BREAK (CHORUS CHORDS ONLY)
REPEAT FIRST VERSE, BUT ADD AT END:
The Bank CALLED, & I Feel HARRASSED...
IT'S THE DEATH OF THE MIDDLE.CLASS!

REPEAT LAST LINE A COUPLE OF TIMES TO END

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All Rights Reserved.

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