A Rich Man Hired Me by Gersh Kuntzman published on 2021-01-26T21:32:50Z The lyrics speak for themselves (Rupert Murdoch is the guy with the expensive apartment): I only have a job cause a rich man hired me To write about the need for bike lanes I asked that rich man if there was some other policy That we could write about instead. I thought about poverty, and police brutality I told him that the rent is too high But the rich man smiled and said he wasn’t interested Said someone else should take up that fight. That’s how it is The guy who pays the piper He’s the one who calls the tune And if you can’t pay You can shimmy around until you find another tycoon. I once worked for a rich guy who loved the cops Said that they could do nothing wrong Even when the videos showed them busting chops He would always sing the same song CHORUS That’s how it is The guy with the money Gets to tell the world how he thinks If you don’t like it Let me tell you honey Get yourself a truck that says Brinks. BRIDGE Maybe you wonder why you’re so uninformed It’s not cause there’s no freedom to write But you should always ask how opinions are formed And who’s the one with a birthright? (RIGHT JIMMY) VERSE INSTRUM I worked for another mogul who only cared about The value of his Fifth Avenue home So if a panhandler appeared anywhere on the East Side We’d say it was the fall of Rome. CHORUS That’s how it is We got freedom of the press But only if you own one yourself If there are issues You think should be covered You’d better start ringing doorbells I knew a guy who wrote all about the problems that came beacuse we do so much mining He brought the story to the daily paper The editor said, Son you must be jokin? CHORUS That’s how that story Never made it out The paper knew who buttered its bread What can you do When the truth is hidden By those who authorize what is read BRIDGE Maybe you wonder why you’re so uninformed It’s not cause there’s no freedom to write But you should always ask how opinions are formed And who’s the one with a birthright? I only have a job cause a rich man hired me To champion new cycling routes He said he didn’t care about any othe problems. But he never wore no one else’s boots CHORUS That’s how it is When you have job You do what it is that they want Maybe it’s bike lanes Maybe ondo prices You listen to the big commandant Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter