Monday, June 15, 2009

You can't Dig yourself out of a hole.

he was broke,
down to his last buck,
just lost his job,
flat tire on his truck,

when they offered him a credit application,
promising free money that would just need to be paid back somewhere along the way.

he said no, without even flinching,
just continued walkin’ on his way.

had to get to the mill in time to put in an application,
then door to door to see if anyone needed any help today.

when I asked him why he turned down the credit,
that he knew he could use it to help him fix his truck,
he said I'll be back on my feet in no time,
right now I'm just down on my luck.

what their selling you with their credit,
might not cost you nothing but your soul,
when you fall into a pit,
the worst thing you can do is pick up a shovel,
cause son you'll never dig yourself out of a hole.

You can't dig yourself out of a hole.
That's something I thought everyone would know.
You gotta, strap up them boots and start a climbin’,
and you might have to tighten up that belt a notch or so,
but borrowing money is like pickin up a shovel,
and you can't dig yourself out of a hole.


now if you believe what I'm saying so far.
well keep your ears a peeled for what I'm bout to say.
the same thing holds true here for our great nation. and the trillions our government is throwing away.

our nation shouldn't be getting hit so hard by any company failing.
and bailing any of these failures out will just cause more harm.
and offering out more credit to those making bad decisions,
only pushes the problem out to later,
where instead of switching from caviar to ramen noodles,
more people will have to sell the farm.

So Mr. President I hope you’re listenin'.
cause this common sense my daddy taught me a long time ago.
you gotta quit handin’ out shovels to this great nation.
in the hopes that some how it will help us grow.
when you fall down into a pit, up is the only way you need to go,
and these shovels only let us go deeper.
and you can't dig yourself out of a hole.

You can't dig yourself out of a hole.
That's something I thought everyone would know.
You gotta strap up those boots and start a climbin’
And you might have to tighten up that belt a notch or so.
But borrowing money is like pickin up a shovel.
And you can't dig yourself out of a hole.

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