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The Ballad of Captain Ray Lewis
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There was this good cop, see. Retired, of course. From the Philadelphia Phorce. Joined Occupy Wall Street, he did. May the Phorce be with us!
folk political satire
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Songs to afflict those who make everyone else uncomfortable.
Dave Lippman travels the world taking the air out of the windbags of the week, de-distorting history, and rewriting the classics with parody and thrust. He also presents the world's only known singing CEO, the Bard of the Bankers, Wild Bill Bailout, who employs anti-folk songs and interventionary anthems to explain (and enforce) that the business of America is none of your business, that those too big to fail are also too big for jail, and that the jobless and foreclosed must bail out their own boats.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #410
Peak in subgenre #121
Author
Dave Lippman
Uploaded
October 26, 2012
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MP3 3.0 MB • 160 kbps • 2:38
Story behind the song
Captain Ray has been busing trying to stop hydro-fracking in his upstate New York area, and touring with Occupy Wall Street folks.
Lyrics
Captain Ray Lewis was a very good cop A very very very very very very good cop He tried to build community As much as they’d allow In the police force where he endorsed Getting to know instead of a show of weapons Down at Wall Street he appeared so neat And everyone designed their own picket sign His read: NYPD, Don’t be Wall Street Mercenaries If democracy’s a coal mine, we’re the canaries These protestors are right, and they have my strongest backing Woulda been here sooner but I was tryin to stop the fracking Don’t defend the 1% said Ray Come all ye cops and hear what I say People are starving and freezing in the dark And here you are worried bout dirt in the park These are public officers we’re meant to be trusting Instead they’re obnoxious, ignorant, arrogant, & disgusting Cop on the beat is a two-bit player Wanta know why they’re beating Ask the mayor Jackin’ up the rents, then they take away your tents Here’s what you gotta do Get rid of the power of corporate America Make them impotent, or they’ll continue to Exploit and manipulate the working class Even the cops, who don’t realize they’re exploited They’ll arrest me, but I’ll be right back here So join us in the protest And afterwards we’ll have a beer Now Philly treats him like he’s got a social disease How silly of Philly to be so ill at ease So here’s to Ray Keep sayin’ what you say Hope they don’t take your pension Away We need cops like Captain Ray We need cops like Captain Ray We need cops like Captain Ray Then things will be OK Or a little better Get rid of the power of corporate America Make them impotent, or they’ll continue to Exploit and manipulate the working class Even the cops, who don’t realize they’re exploited They’ll arrest me, but I’ll be right back here So join us in the protest And afterwards we’ll have a beer
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