The Comedic Candidate

The Comedic Candidate Joe Dougherty Down a path through a wooded glen Strolled the old hapless comedian His humor now but a memory fading His life spent merely masquerading Things are seldom as they appear to be And the serious life was not for he Laughter was his gift to give But a nobler life he’d wished he’d lived Times of plenty fade away Hearts of greed now rule this day No time for fooling or child’s play It’s off to work there’s bills to pay So tally up your life in things And pay your taxes to the Kings IPOs and Margin Calls To play the game it takes some balls They stack the losers out of sight Those lazy bastards they have no rights For all of this belongs to me I stole it fair and square you see Watching all the shenanigans Brought a smile to the comedian And through it all he was quite sad But the last laugh was his to have