Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Bankers – Remington Riders

I hope this doesn’t blow my mortgage application, but here goes — “Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Bankers” by Jan Lewis to the tune of “Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys” – by the Remington Riders. As featured on Willie Nelson’s website (link below).

Lyrics written and sung by Jan Lewis

Jan Lewis: vocal, piano
Robert Berry: engineering, instruments
Erik Adelfred: video

Lyrics:

Chorus:
Mams, don’t let your babies grow up to be bankers
Don’t let ‘em pick pockets to make the big bucks
Let ‘em be cowboys, musicians, and such.
Mams, don’t let your babies grow up to be bankers
Cause they’ll make you a loan
And then steal your home
And everyone hates ‘em so much.

Verse:
Money ain’t easy to get and it’s harder to hold
I keep my cash in the mattress just like it was gold
Bailout and bonuses, credit default swaps, the crooks always find a new way,
If you don’t understand that, you’ll lose all your money,
And the bankers get richer each day.

Chorus:
Mams, don’t let your babies grow up to be bankers
Don’t let ‘em pick pockets to make the big bucks
Let ‘em be cowboys, musicians, and such.
Mams, don’t let your babies grow up to be bankers

Cause they’ll make you a loan
And then steal your home
And everyone hates ‘em so much.

They love to defraud,
They’re just crooked, oh Lord,
And everyone hates ‘em so much.

If you’re from Goldman Sachs,
I bet ya cheat on your tax,
And the bankers get richer each day.

They’ll steal you blind,
Time after time,
And the bankers get richer each day.

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Featured on Willie Nelson’s website at http://willienelsonpri.com/peace/3150/mamas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-bankers.html. Or at http://bit.ly/5uoY5J Besides the song, I provide some narrative as to how I really feel about this topic.

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Produced and published by Jan Lewis
copyright Jan Lewis 2009
all rights reserved

Duration : 0:2:24

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