Bail Me Out

Lyrics

Here's your income verification I can't afford to buy a house I can't afford to buy a house I make 55 thousand dollars a year and I can't afford to buy a house I got no savings account I got no savings account I spent it on health insurance and gasoline Now I got no savings account Bail Me Out Won't you Bail Me Out Won't you Bail Me Out Throw a drowning man a line Well I maxed out my credit cards I maxed out my credit cards Living on cash shouldn't be this hard I maxed out my credit cards Bail Me Out Won't you Bail Me Out Won't you Bail Me Out Bring the prices down Well you can't trust capitol hill You can't trust capitol hill Doing favors for your friends and leave me paying the bill Now I can't trust capitol hill Bail Me Out Won't you Bail Me Out Won't you Bail Me Out Or I'm voting you out Bail Me Out Won't you Bail Me Out Won't you Bail Me Out Or I'm voting you out Yeah I'm voting you out Man I'm voting you out You're fired

Credits

Lyrics Credits: Jim Becker

Music Credits: Jim Becker

Producer Credits: Jim Becker

Publisher Credits: Foggy Idea Music

Performance Credits: Beckerjim

Label Credits: Foggy Idea Music

Description

Short Song Description: Not Pete Murray's Bail Me Out

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Story Behind the Song: A songwriter's ode to Congress: 'Bail Me Out' 7:19 PM, October 7, 2008 From Times staff writer William Heisel: Hard financial times have always led to great music. Muddy Waters. Johnny Cash. James Brown. All of them sang about the struggle to put food on the table. So it's no surprise that musicians today are responding to the credit crunch, and the federal government's attempt to solve it, in song. Jim Becker, a 47-year-old Whittier songwriter who says he moved to Los Angeles in 1984 with $800 in his pocket hoping to make it big, echoes what a lot of Americans were saying as they watched Congress debate the $700-billion financial system rescue package. Currently unemployed, with three daughters, Becker says he watched the debate and thought, "Why isn't there a bailout for guys like me?" So he wrote "Bail Me Out" and posted it on his Myspace page last week. He starts the song by saying, "Here's your income verification," a nod to lax loan requirements that helped lead the country into the current mess. Then he ticks off his troubles.

Metadata

Song Length: 2:26

Primary Genre: Country-Rock

Secondary Genre: Rock-Roots/Rock n' Roll

Tempo: Medium Fast (131 - 150)

Lead Vocal: Male Vocal

Subject Matter 1: Economics

Subject Matter 2: Money

Mood 1: Mad

Mood 2: Cross

Similar Artist 1: Bruce Springsteen

Similar Artist 2: Woody Guthrie

Language: English

Era: 2000 and later