Insider Dealing (Co-Written With James Fraser)
You say you're open to negotiation
But you're truly guilty by association
Keep on picking the altruistic pocket
Startling victims like a pin in a socket
A level playing field is what we must play
We toil to gain notice, in our working display
Endeavours and efforts are all that we aim
Credence and rewards, in respectable claim
"Unsportsmanlike conduct," calls the referee!
But still you don't listen; no surprise to me
Cronyism hits hard when bad hands are dealt
Have you considered the pain your victims felt?
What do we see when we face the screen
Do we see angels and demons in their daily scene
Or premeditated dealings, a marked disrespect
Behind curtains closed an internal elect
The games you've been playing have gotten my goat
So, pardon me if my comments seem remote
I'll forge on without you, not linger for abuse
Your "hospitable nature" has just been a ruse
The damage is done, the table's been laid
Have we opened the door on this masquerade
Not for today, but for tomorrow as well
For we will have to see, as time will tell
Your true friends you count on only one hand
The same hand you used to plot a scheme so grand
Some folks might tell you to, "Kiss my Keester"
But I'll just leave you with, "Hasta la Vista"
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