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By Tom Paxton**lf****lf**oh The Price Of Gold Is Rising Out Of Sight**lf**and The Dollar Is In Sorry Shape Tonight**lf**what The Dollar Used To Get Us Now Won''t Buy A Head Of Lettuce**lf**no The Economic Forecast Isn''t Right**lf**but Amidst The Clouds I Spot A Shining Ray**lf**i Can Even Glimpse A New And Better Way**lf**and I''ve Devised A Plan Of Action Worked It Down To The Last Fraction**lf**and I''m Going Into Action Here Today**lf****lf**chorus**lf**i Am Changing My Name To Chrysler**lf**i Am Going Down To Washington D.c.**lf**i Will Tell Some Power Broker**lf**what They Did For Iacocca**lf**will Be Perfectly Acceptable To Me**lf**i Am Changing My Name To Chrysler**lf**i Am Headed For That Great Receiving Line**lf**so When They Hand A Million Grand Out**lf**i''ll Be Standing With My Hand Out**lf**yes Sire I''ll Get Mine**lf****lf**when My Creditors Are Screaming For Their Dough**lf**i''ll Be Proud To Tell Them All Where They Can All Go**lf**they Won''t Have To Scream And Holler**lf**they''ll Be Paid To The Last Dollar**lf**where The Endless Streams Of Money Seem To Flow**lf**i''ll Be Glad To Tell Them What They Can Do**lf**it''s A Matter Of A Simple Form Or Two**lf**it''s Not Just Renumeration It''s A Liberal Education**lf**ain''t You Kind Of Glad That I''m In Debt To You**lf****lf**chorus**lf****lf**since The First Amphibians Crawled Out Of The Slime**lf**we''ve Been Struggling In An Unrelenting Climb**lf**we Were Hardly Up And Walking Before Money Started Talking**lf**and It''s Sad That Failure Is An Awful Crime**lf**well It''s Been That Way For A Millenium Or Two**lf**but Now It Seems That There''s A Different Point Of View**lf**if You''re A Corporate Titanic And Your Failure Is Gigantic**lf**down To Congress There''s A Safety Net For You**lf****lf**chorus