Trickle Up

Elvis does economics.

Well, you’ve heard about the trickle down.
That’s how money goes around.
But in Washington, so they say,
The money goes the other way.

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Trickle up.
Trickle up.
It’s take from the poor
And give to the rich –
Trickle up.

They cut the tax on the rich.
Now Uncle Sam’s got a deficit.
He’ll make it up, wait and see,
He’ll cut your Social Security.

While you and I are going to Hell,
I’ll tell you who is doing well?
Halliburton and Bechtel.
Trickle up

CHORUS
You ask your boss to raise your pay.
You know just what your boss will say.
But when it’s his turn, ain’t it strange,
The way his pocket’s full of change?

CHORUS

There’s just one thing, sad but true,
Trickles down onto me and you.
It ain’t bought. It ain’t sold,
Although it looks a bit like gold.

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It’s take from the poor and give to the rich,
Run the economy into a ditch.
That’s why they say that life is a,
You know what!
Trickle up.

Words and music © 2004 by Steve Brooks and Frog Records
(512) 440-7668
[email protected]
www.stevebrooks.net

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