ragtime108 - Indie Folk 1
ragtime108
Feb 23, 2025 11:52pm
<p>TITLE: Indie Folk 1 ("Wanna Be a Billionaire?")</p><p>INTRO</p><p>[BOTH] (doo doo dit-ta doo doo ta doo...)</p><p><br></p><p>VERSE 1</p><p>[SINGER 1] Wanna be a billionaire?</p><p>[SINGER 2] First get born to a real rich daddy...</p><p>[SINGER 1] Who did for himself really well</p><p>[SINGER 2] Drove ‘round town in a lily-white caddy.</p><p>[SINGER 1] Try to find a mentor with fiery zeal -</p><p>[SINGER 2] Who teaches you the art of the steal</p><p><br></p><p>CHORUS – [BOTH]</p><p>Then learn to lie, screw and sell - and sue everybody on your way to hell..;</p><p>... Lie, screw, cheat and sell - and sue everybody on the way to hell ...</p><p>(Doo doo dit ta da) - sue everybody on your way to hell...</p><p><br></p><p>VERSE 2</p><p>[SINGER 1] Get your super rich friends together –</p><p>[SINGER 2] And pray to God for the trick</p><p>[SINGER 1] To not feed the poor</p><p>[SINGER 2] And not heal the sick...</p><p>[SINGER 1] And let things go till they’re helter-skelter...</p><p>[SINGER 2] While denying refugees food and shelter ...</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>CHORUS –</p><p>[BOTH] Learn to lie, screw, cheat and sell - and sue everybody on your way to hell</p><p>Lie, screw, cheat and sell - and sue everybody on the way to hell ...</p><p>(Doo doo dit ta da) - sue everybody on the way to hell...</p><p><br></p><p>VERSE 3</p><p>[SINGER 1] Get into power, become a king</p><p>[SINGER 2] And make them kiss your golden ring</p><p>[SINGER 1] Tell the people what you want 'em to hear</p><p>[SINGER 2] Then make 'em your subjects who live in fear</p><p>[BOTH] While your billionaire buddies laugh and cheer ...</p><p><br></p><p>CHORUS and OUTGO – [BOTH]:</p><p>Learn to lie, screw, and sell - and sue everybody on the way to hell...</p><p>Lie, screw, cheat and sell - and sue everbody</p><p>On the way to hell (They're leading us all to hell! ...)</p><p>(Doo doo dit ta da...doo doo dit ta dip bop ba...bop bop! ...</p><p><br></p><p>I initially asked a talented singer who I knew was sympathetic to my song's message to join me on this (or even sing it with someone else) but she wasn't available, so I just chose one of my multiple musical personas to join me (even though some of them aren't that sympathetic, lol...) My adaptation basically involved dividing the verses in half and adding (or cutting) a word or two here and there to balance the meters of each complementary verse (or something like that - I didn't go to Julliard, lol ...)</p><p><br></p><p>link to solo version: <a href="https://www.singsnap.com/#/d/listen/13474780" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SingSnap</a></p>