Grand Theft - Ballad of a banker lyrics

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<b>Ballad of a banker</b> by <i>Grand Theft</i><br />well here i am a bankers’ son

still defiant, i’m still young

i was away close to a year

the fun i had has cost me dear

i’ve seen my father walk in shame

to the year old crime that bears his name

i am here to right a wrong

a simple task and i’ll be gone

there she goes the chairmans’ niece

she was the cake, i cut me a piece

her vicious uncle swore to god

my body to be left to rot

search parties failed and i held out

so he turned ‘round and he did oust

my father from his livelihood

revenge is sweet, revenge is good

my attention veered left of stage

where a man appears about my age

with cunning tricks and devious moves

the chairman knows a promising youth

he likes the pay and loves the perks

makes a travesty out of my fathers’ work

he’s proposed to wed the chairmans’ niece

adds insult to injury

lights upon my deadly foe

he bought the house where i was born

my father had to move downtown

and join the unemployment line

but a former bankers’ future is grim

a lot of sympathy he never wins

mother and i sat up late one night

a knock on the door

proved our worst fears right

the funeral was a strange affair

the chairman and his niece were there

they consoled my mother on her loss

all agreed i was the cross

no man should be asked to bear alone

if she needed help she could away phone

some goons told me to be gone sometime

now i’m back now i want what’s mine

so here i am a dead man’s son

unrepentant and headstrong

i was lost, adrift at sea

cut timber from the family tree

father will we meet again

do you think if so i’ll understand

what’s a son supposed to do

i guess i’m not a lot like you