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Song Parodies -> "The Shell Game"
Original Song Title:
"I Try"
Original Performer:
Macy Gray
Parody Song Title:
"The Shell Game"
Parody Written by:
MarthaDTox
The Lyrics
This is another dig at Wall Street scams .. this is the reverse takeover scam.....wherea washed up techie co that did an IPO during the dot com bubble is not trading but still has a lisiting does a reverse merger with a private company which wants a listing without alll the hassle of an IPO....they can then do a pump and dump all over again....
The game's changing my dear
You're not goin anywhere?
You're not so hot
I believe that fate has brought us here
We should do a merger babe
It's worth a shot
CHORUS
You are the target I've been dreamin about
Lets play the shell game baby we can work it out
How about a nice RTO
There's no need for all that disclosure
You can take my listing it's here
And I'll take whatever you have got there
Forget about that old IPO
When you can go for a merger
Hey just reverse in my rear
And I'll take whatever you have got there
I'm just a washed up tecchie shell
But I've got what you need
To run that ramp
I can save you loads
Of bankers' fees as well
So cmon baby
Let's pump and dump
pump and dump
CHORUS
Here is my confession
May I be your possession?
Boy you need my touch
My stock listing and such
C'mon now don't be shy
But this I can't deny
CHORUS three times
You're not goin anywhere?
You're not so hot
I believe that fate has brought us here
We should do a merger babe
It's worth a shot
CHORUS
You are the target I've been dreamin about
Lets play the shell game baby we can work it out
How about a nice RTO
There's no need for all that disclosure
You can take my listing it's here
And I'll take whatever you have got there
Forget about that old IPO
When you can go for a merger
Hey just reverse in my rear
And I'll take whatever you have got there
I'm just a washed up tecchie shell
But I've got what you need
To run that ramp
I can save you loads
Of bankers' fees as well
So cmon baby
Let's pump and dump
pump and dump
CHORUS
Here is my confession
May I be your possession?
Boy you need my touch
My stock listing and such
C'mon now don't be shy
But this I can't deny
CHORUS three times
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5s for the RTO/IPO pairing.
ThankS John... this is a bit of an obscure subject!
This parody should be pumped, not dumped. Well done, Martha.
Good Job Martha! 555
(SOTM) DKTOS, but it reads well, martha.
Forgot to put this in my initial comment (SOTM) :)
What Adagio said.
(SOTM) You didn't have to dig far to find corruption in business. ;D
SOTM--I can't remember the verses of the OS very well...I kept getting lost...but pretty good read!
(SOTM) Ditto Adagio.
(SOTM) Our resident business analyst does it again. :-)
I did business school but failed to notice how sensual this stuff is. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Martha. Meeowww. Now every time I hear "reverse merger," I'll blush.
(SOTM) Martha, I'm disclosing 5's.
(SOTM)
"When you can go for a merger
Hey just reverse in my rear
And I'll take whatever you have got there"
Hmm...
I'm Johnny D, and I approve this parody.
"When you can go for a merger
Hey just reverse in my rear
And I'll take whatever you have got there"
Hmm...
I'm Johnny D, and I approve this parody.
(SOTM) I think I K the OS Martha, because I can sure hear Macy singing some of these lines - 555
What Melhi said.
What Adagio, Rick, Melhi and Claude said !
(SOTM) What all those people above said! :-)
(SOTM) What did all those people above say? Hopefully it was something along the lines of "great stuff".
Well done!
(SOTM) DKTOS, but I really liked it...giving you "5's" here...I did on all the other contest "DKTOS" entries in this month contest because just about every one of them had almost perfect "5" pace votes...and they were all so very well done.
thanks for the comments ..!( I thought you might like those lines. Johnny....)
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