The Wind Whistles Through Empty Offices
Where Have All the Bond Salesmen Gone?
Where have all the bond salesmen gone?
Short sales amassing?
Where have all the bond salesmen gone?
A short time ago...
Where have all the bond salesmen gone?
Gone to lawyers, every one.
How will they ever earn?
How will they ever earn?
Where have all the lawyers gone?
Short sales amassing?
Where have all the lawyers gone?
A short time ago...
Where have all the lawyers gone?
Gone to friends in government, every one.
How will they ever earn?
How will they ever earn?
Where have all the government friends gone?
Short sales amassing?
Where have all the government friends gone?
A short time ago...
Where have all the government friends gone?
Gone to sympathetic judges, every one.
How will they ever earn?
How will they ever earn?
Where have all the sympathetic judges gone?
Short sales amassing?
Where have all the sympathetic judges gone?
A short time ago...
Where have all the sympathetic judges gone?
Gone to bond salesmen, every one.
How will they ever earn?
How will they ever earn?
The Wind Whistles Through Empty Offices
The wind whistles through empty offices on the 44th floor
like a banshee
ripping the heart out of a land developer
who wasted good money on the campaign of a municipal politician
just before an economic downturn
The wind whistles through empty offices on the 17th floor
like the cry of a giant child
tipping over gleaming modern towers
built on unspeakable private deals
like so many cheap dominoes
The wind whistles through empty offices on the ground floor
of a building we'll all pay for
Forty-four Lines About Twenty-two (Political) Women
Margaret, an old-fashioned type
Wore her armour tight and low
Corazon fought corruption
US bases were her death blow
Geraldine was carefully chosen
But by the people never called
Lynn was watching Clarence Thomas
Get approved, and was appalled
La Cicciolina bared her breasts
Using sex, she could not lose
Imelda said, "I will return,"
Brought back corruption with her shoes
Sheila had a way with words
And always spoiled for a fight
Audrey led the socialists
As the world kept moving right
Zanana left the Cabinet
For charging more than laws allow
Shelley, who insists she lied
Will, in all likelihood, follow
Barbara was a mother figure
Who was liked by everyone
Hilary was a professional
She was the Clinton who should have run
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Kim, although in charge of Justice
Was a member of the PM's team
Gloria was once a leader
Now she writes of self-esteem
June suggested that a hatpin
Was the best safety plan
Winnie went a bit too far
When she stood by her man
Elizabeth was a figurehead
Who loved to be above the fray
Michele, as a columnist
Tried to keep the sexists at bay
Sinead put aside her rock
To talk straight about abortion
Judy always fought to see
Women workers got their fair portion
Marion, concerned for kids
Non-profit daycare quickly blessed
Phyllis got other women pissed
It figures she's last on this list
Forty-four lines about twenty-two (political) women
