I’ve Got the Mitt Thinks I’m a Moocher, a Taker Not a Maker, Blues

I’ve Got the Mitt Thinks I’m a Moocher, a Taker Not a Maker, Blues

I’ve Got the Mitt Thinks I’m a Moocher, a Taker Not a Maker, Blues

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(Sung by three members of the 47 percent)

Well, I work two jobs, and that makes for a kinda long day.
And the boss deducts the payroll tax that I’ve gotta pay.
With sales tax too, I kinda thought I was paying my dues.
I’ve got the Mitt thinks I’m a moocher, a taker not a maker, blues.

Well, the wife and I took retirement some years ago.
And Social Security accounts for most of our dough.
Though we contributed to that so we’d have it there to use.
I’ve got the Mitt thinks I’m a moocher, a taker not a maker, blues.

Well, I went to Nam while Mitt went on his mission to France.
A buddy needed rescuin’ and I thought, “Well, I’ll take a chance.”
A wounded-vet pension’s not the salary that I would choose.
I’ve got the Mitt thinks I’m a moocher, a taker not a maker, blues.

(All, in chorus)
Yes, he thinks we’re bums, and work is something we would refuse.
Entitlements, he says, are what we just live to abuse.
With his fat-cat friends, what he says about us is J’accuse.
So some of us moochers would sure like to see him lose.
We’ve got the Mitt thinks that we’re moochers, takers and not makers, blues.

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