Name: Another Shade of Black
Duration: 4 min 2 s
Channel: C. E. Chaffin
Description: "Another Shade of Black" is a song by Dr. CE. Observsations on the Financial Crisis

Another Shade of Black

Dr. CE

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Observsations on the Financial Crisis

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Dr. CE

Acoustic rock and folk rock with country, blues, and American Songbook influences.

Formerly "Dr. C and the Stratocats," I'm now on a solo career as "Dr. C," but I had to change my stage name here because someone else had already claimed it. My music strives for melody above all else; I strive to make my songs memorable, so you can whistle a tune immediately. I see melody as the element most lacking in contemporaryr music. I love Sinatra and the Beatles, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon, anyone who can write a memorable "tune."

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Rock

Charts

Peak #249

Peak in subgenre #56

Author

C. E. Chaffin

Rights

2010

Uploaded

February 03, 2009

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MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:02

Story behind the song

A tune that came to me on the brink of a world depression.

Lyrics

Another Shade of Black (for Norm Ball)

You say the world's collapsing
that Wall Street's on its back--
Don't worry about financing,
it's just another shade,
just another shade of black.

We borrow every minute,
the future's on our back,
if you're not out you're in it, 
It's just another shade
just another shade of black.

Usury's not what it used to be
As we live on borrowed time
But hold your cash most frugally
'Cause you cannot borrow at prime,
no you cannot borrow at prime.

The poor are in the streets now,
you see their cardboard signs
but don't envy the elite now,
they're just another shade,
just another shade of black.

Saving is out of style now,
executives smoke crack
but don't mortgage your smile now, 
it's just another shade,
just another shade of black.

Ezra Pound predicted this
though a traitor thrown into jail
yeah he had a screw loose or two
but he knew it all would fail,
yes he knew the system would fail.

The market now has spoken,
“Good-bye to Cadillacs,”
when all the eggs are broken 
it's just another shade
just another shade of black.

Though government may cater 
to save the betting track,
don't envy the big traders,
it's just another shade
just another shade of black

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