Safety Bank (Safety Dance)
Save the Bank
March 25, 2023 —
I rewrote some lyrics and am calling my new parody song
“The Safety Bank” by Men Without Account
[Set to the music of The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats, from 1982]
Please sing along
Ssss, aaaa, ffff, eeee, tttt, yyyy
Safety! Bank!
We can bank if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
’Cause your friends don’t bank
And if they don’t bank
Powell, they’re no friends of mine
Say, we can route FDIC
A place where they will never find
And we can act like we come
From out of this world
Leave the real one far behind
And we can bank
Repos!
We can clear when we want to
Hedged swaps are my ally
Bank runs aren’t very neat
We stampede with our feet
And surprise ’em with Yellen’s cry
Say, we withdraw if we want to
If we don’t, nobody will
And you can wire transfer totally removed
And I can act like an imbecile
And say, we can bank, we can bank
BTFP for control
Save the bank, with bridge bank
They’re doing it from alp to pole
We can bank, we can bank
Everybody look at the Fed
We CD, we bridge bank
Money markets taking the chance
Safety bank
Oh well, credit transfer
Ah yes, let’s save the bank
We can bank if we want to
We’ve got the liquidity
As long as we abuse it, never gonna lose it
Everything’ll work out right
I say, we can ABA wire
We can leave Gruenberg behind
Because your friends don’t bank
And if they don’t bank
Well, they’re no friends of thee
I say, we can bank, save the bank
Everything’s out of control
We can bank, ACH
We’re doing it from hike to hike
We can bank, safety bank
Everybody look at the rates
We can bank, we can bank
Insufficient funds take the chance
Oh well, the safety bank
Ah yes, the AT1
Oh well, the safety bank
Oh well, the CoCo debt
Oh yes, it’s safe to bank
Oh, the ATM, yeah
Well, let’s save the bank
It’s the ECB
Well, let’s save the bank
Well, it’s the BOE
Oh, let’s save the bank
Oh, it’s the SNB
Pop goes the world
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