song for theme #51:Ethical Globalization

“Patience At Its Limit” by Stephen P. Cook

to be sung to the tune of “Take It To The Limit” by Henley, Meisner, and Frey / The Eagles

Protesting at the World Economic Forum

Where the fat cats meet in the snow¹

I was reading ‘bout inequality—that new report

It got me feelin’ loooooooooooooow

The world’s richest eighty-five people

Holding outrageous wealth

While billions of poor arrange

Lives in squalor and filth

Hey this troubles me greatly:

Unfair, don’t stare, please care, gotta share

Something’s gotta change

So we fight for what’s right

Our emotions are raw

Our patience at its limit: the last straw

We got capitalists making big money

We got failure to spread it around

If the have-nots revolt tomorrow

They’ll have the high ground²

And when you’re trying to stay alive

Somebody needs to care

You can’t find enough food

But there’s plenty elsewhere

With some help you could break in

So you’re looking round for higher ground

And planning to intruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude

So we fight for what’s right

Our emotions are raw

Our patience at its limit: the last straw

Patience at its limit

Patience at its limit

Patience at its limit: the last stray

Patience at its limit  [Please!]

Patience at its limit   [Come on!]

Patience at its limit: the last straw

Patience at its limit  [Please!]

Patience at its limit   [Come on!]

Patience at its limit: the last straw

[starts to fade out]

Patience at its limit 

Patience at its limit  

Patience at its limit: the last straw

[fades out more]

Patience at its limit  [Please!]

Patience at its limit   [Come on!]

Patience at its limit: the last straw

 [fades out still more]

Patience at its limit  [Please!]

Patience at its limit   [Come on!]

Patience at its limit: the last straw

[fades out to barely audible]

Patience at its limit  [Please!]

Patience at its limit   [Come on!]

Patience at its limit: the last straw

SONG—NOTES / COMMENTS

1—A phrase used by rock star and humanitarian Bono in describing the WEF meeting in Davos, Switzerland

2—The moral high ground or ethically superior position 

Comment: The left has tarred “globalization,” the right “socialism,” with emotionally negative connotations.