Rocket

So, if you have followed any of the crazy news a few weeks ago, there was a stock mania around the nearly defunct retailer GameStop (#GME). Sadly, my son and I were sucked into waiting for the short squeeze to be squoze (and still holding our shares, LOL!). I wrote this parody of Billy Joel’s Piano Man based on the experience. It’s pretty inside humor since you had to be on the Reddit forum and understand their lingo, but I’m proud of it!

Sing Us a Song You’re the Tendieman (sung to the tune of Billy Joel’s Piano Man)

Lyrics by Alexa Morales (c) 2021

It’s half past nine on a Wednesday
The regular crowd’s logging in
There’s a guy posting memes saying buy GME
Let’s show the hedge funds we can win

He says, “Son, there’s a user called DFV
He posted due diligence months ago
GameStop is sweet and I knew it complete
My wife’s boyfriend said to the moon you’ll blow.”

Sing us a song, you’re the tendieman
Remind us of how the song goes
We hold for the great mothereffing short squeeze
And someday the squeeze will be squoze

Now WSB is no friend of mine
But he gets me my loss porn for free
And he’s quick with a joke, he’ll turn paper to smoke
But gains are for Melvin, not me

He says, “Bill, I believe this is killing me.”
As GME turns green to red
“Well I’m sure that we’ll hit $10,000 per share
I’ll diamond hand till I am dead”

Now Robinhood knows that my brain is smooth
I’m just a poor simian
And he’s talking with Melvin, who’s still in the money
So Robinhood blocks GME

And the subreddit’s crawling with insiders
As GME slowly gets stoned
Cramer is bragging while we’re all here bagging
But it’s better than holding alone

Sing us a song, you’re the tendieman
Remind us of how the song goes
We hold for the great mothereffing short squeeze
And someday the squeeze will be squoze

Played on my wonderful Yamaha Genos arranging keyboard.