Barney was a decent skin, just like you and me
A grafter and a gentleman, who wouldn't harm a flea
His only goal in life was his family who came first
But that ended in disaster when the Celtic Tiger burst
I'm really very sorry son, that's just the way it goes
Some people have to go, I'm afraid you're one of those
Your paperwork's all done, this few bob should see you through
But 20 years gone and bills overdue
A life of frothy lattes, we were easily seduced
But a lack of forward planing saw the chickens home to roost
Spending willy nilly, can come at great cost
And when those bankers cried wolf, we knew what we had lost
The Troika came to town, and we tightened up our belts
But it killed the working classes, who never had much wealth
Somehow the rich got richer, and the bankers got a pass
But the avocado jet set, begged through plexiglass
Factories locked and shuttered, we struggled with the debt
Signing on's not easy, it's a time we can't forget
We weren't the ones to cause it but we suffered all the same
And the money hungry bankers, went on to their next game
A life of Quinoa salads, and Bertie's Galway tent
Of housing millionaires, and the change we underwent
Pennies mind themselves, it's advice we couldn't heed
It's another shocking lesson, of mans unending greed
Barney had his family, some belief and some pride
So he rustled up a business plan with which to stem the tide
He struggled for a foothold, but it all ended grand
His house and families future, looked in safe hands
Others weren't so lucky, they struggled with the strain
At the end of the tunnel comes a swiftly closing train
Even years later, the pain has left it's mark
Not everyone emerged, from those years in the dark
An endless stream of credit, saw millions up the creek
As bankers begged for bailouts, have you ever heard such cheek?
As vulture funds swooped in, and a housing crisis grew
Austerity the buzzword, the many saved the few
Maybe that's the it is, maybe that's the way it goes
The people know their place, as the banks look down their nose
It'll happen once again as sure as apples fall from trees
And the ones that suffer most, will be those like you and me
