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Lyrics
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This
tune is a pretty, if sardonic song about the current bail-outs of
failing financial institutions and corporations, with taxpayer's dollars.
Golden
Parachutes
(Intro)
(Verse 1)
The housing market's tumbled down. The Phoenix suburbs - a ghost town.
You're out of work. The party's over, but take a look over your shoulder
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(Chorus)
You'll see C.E.O.'s in fine Armani suits, swinging 'neath their golden
parachutes.
Geronimo they call. Like autumn leaves they fall.
And the skies are filled with golden parachutes.
(Verse 2)
The factory's shut. The Mall is closed. American dreams haunt dead windows.
We bailed them out 'till they were done, as economies caved in one,
by one.
They played the game. They made a splash. We packed their 'chutes with
tax-pay-er's cash.
(Chorus)
So that C.E.O.'s in fine Armani suits can swing safely 'neath their
golden parachutes.
Geronimo they call. Like autumn leaves they fall.
And the skies are filled with golden parachutes.
(Instrumental bridge)
(Verse 3)
Former investment Wall Street bankers, are now hi-jacking oil tankers.
It's not so really strange, you see. It's just a life of pi-ra-cy.
(Chorus)
And C.E.O.'s in fine Armani suits are swinging 'neath their golden parachutes.
Geronimo they call. Like autumn leaves they fall.
And the skies are filled with golden parachutes.
Geronimo they call. Like autumn leaves they fall.
And the skies are filled with golden parachutes.
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Technical Information:
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Ridiculously
nit-picky details:
Mic's:
Sure SM 58, Audix OM 3dx
Guitar: 1987 Taylor model 555
Digital
Recording, Editing, and Mixing notes:
The guitar and vocal tracks were recorded in separate takes. The guitar
was mic'd with two mics - Audix positioned at 14th fret, aprox. 4 inches
from strings; SM 58 positioned at edge of soundhole, at about 8 o'clock,
and 4 inches from strings.
Vocals single mic'd with SM 58
Digital Audio Software: Audacity (Mac OSX) exported to aiff format
for import into DidgiDesigns - ProTools Free (Mac OS9) for editing,
efx, and mixdown.
mp3 encoding: iTunes (Mac OSX)
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