Enron

Enron
Lyrics by Glick & Phillips
Based on Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean
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Every morning at ten, you see ‘em arrive

The Enron gang all slappin’ fives

They was up all night making money grow

Making somethin’ from nothin but what did we know At Enron, Enron, Enron

High finance outlaws Texas style

Ten gallon hats, million dollar smiles

They were energy brokers, hotter than fire

They were buyin’ low, and sellin’ higher At Enron …

They made tons of money, but it wasn’t enough

They was rich in Houston but they wanted more stuff

So they fudged their numbers, first a little then a lot

And made it look like they had more than they really had got At Enron …

Like a herd o longhorns on loco weed

Folks bought up stock like a big stampede

The accountants rigged numbers day and night

And Enron bought every politician in sight At Enron …

One day the number came up zero

And the top executives and the CEO

Sold off their stock, made a big payday

Made lots’a people poor, made a clean getaway At Enron …

Well the stock hit bottom with a big loud crash

And shredded accounts turned up in the trash

The politicians were shocked, and looked the other way

Didn’t point no fingers, cause they all got their pay At Enron …

If you go down to Texas, there’s an outhouse pit

And if you dig way way down deep in it

‘Neath the corncobs and the doo-doo, way down low

Lies the so called conscience of the CEO of Enron At Enron …