TALKIN' DAVE AND GEORGE BLUES
I dreamt a dream in which we gave
The bum’s rush to that George and Dave;
Our possee chased them up and down
We chased those varmints out of town;
You couldn’t see them prairie dogs for dust.
Says Dave to George, “What we got planned?”
Says George, “We’re off to Switzerland”.
That swag that we have both been saving
Is salted in a Swiss tax haven;
And what’s more HMRC are thick as thieves with HSBC.
I’ve been busy, Dave!”
But in the desert sun they flag
Their hosses’ hooves begin to drag
Says George, “My horse won’t make this trip”.
Says Dave, “Well use my three-line whip”.
The possee’s boss though is no ass
“We’ll head ‘em off, boys, at the pass”
This’s how they talk down south
(Luton and such-like)
Their parlamentray privilege
Don’t cut no ice at Dead Man’s Ridge
“The two of you’s under arrest
As leaders of that viper’s nest”
So Dave and George are doomed to fail
And both end up in Tombstone Jail
The press are quickly on their cases
Next day’s papers show their faces
And not just in the Morning Star’s
Do they peer out through prison bars
And in my dream I note the day –
The paper’s date – the 8th of May.
Live the dream. You c’n make it happen if’n ya wanna.
John Coopey
Sun 22nd Feb 2015 15:34
Good point, MC. It hadn't occurred to me that those savings had already had tax paid on them when they had been earned. Nevertheless I am still more relaxed over tax avoidance (as opposed to evasion) simply because someone gets bigger gulps of air than me. I buy into fairness but not envy.