YMCA/HSBC
HSBC
A spoof of YMCA as performed by The Village People rewritten for the HSBC scandal. A number of peers
of the realm were implicated including Lord Fink and Lord Green, and Margaret Hodge MP chaired a parliamentary
investigation. The tax evasion scheme involved "vanilla" accounts, and wads of cash being handed over in "bricks"
Also an opportunity for all the performers - band included - to put on silly hats.
Verse 1:
Rich man, are you under attack?
I said, rich man, are you still paying tax?
I said, rich man, they want the shirt from your back?
There's no need to be unhappy..
Rich man, there's a bank that we know
I said, rich man, they look after our dough
I said, rich man, I said nobody knows
How much we keep stashed there
That's why we bank at the H.S.B.C.
That's why we bank at the H.S.B.C.
Keep it safe from the taxman and don't miss a trick
You can have all your cash in a brick
Come on and bank at the H.S.B.C.
Come on and bank at the H.S.B.C.
You can send it offshore in our Panama scheme
You can do it just like Lord Green
Verse 2:
Rich man, we know tax is a killer
I said, rich man, our lolly's safe in their chiller
I said rich man, ever'y flavour's vanilla?
There's no need to Fink about it
Rich man, don't do it all by yourself
I said Rich man, you can hang onto your wealth
Just go there, to the HSBC
They'll show you how to be tax-free
That's why we bank at the H.S.B.C.
That's why we bank at the H.S.B.C.
Keep it safe from the taxman and don't miss a trick
You can have all your cash in a brick!
Come on and bank at the H.S.B.C.
Come on and bank at the H.S.B.C.
You can send it offshore in our Panama scheme
You can do it just like Lord Green
[Instrumental Bridge- 8 bars]
Verse 3:
At this point Annie sits at table as MP Margaret Hodge, and Les takes seat opposite as Lord Green
[Hodge:] Lord Green, you were their C.E.O
I said, Lord Green, you're telling us you don't know
I said, Lord Green, what went on in your bank?
Has your mind gone a complete blank?
[Lord Green:]
Ms Hodge, I am shocked and surpised
I said, Ms Hodge, you have opened my eyes
I said Ms Hodge, I did not understand
That_we had a branch in Switzerland
(You/We) defrauded the HMRC
Yes (You/We) defrauded the HMRC
Keep it safe from the taxman and don't miss a trick
You can have all your cash in a brick
(You/We) defrauded the HMRC
Yes (You/We) defrauded the HMRC
You can send it offshore in our Panama scheme
You can do it just like Lord Green
Verse 4:
[Green:]
Taxman, no use looking for blame
I said , Taxman, it's all part of the game
I said , Taxman, at heart we're all just the same
We are all in this together
[All: ]
Taxman, You know we'll never be caught
I said , Taxman, tax evasion's just sport
I said , Taxman, stick to benefit fraud
You know the poor just can't fight back
That's why we bank at the HSBC
That's why we bank at the HSBC
We know that our cash is as safe as can be
From our friends at the HMRC
That's why we bank at the HSBC
That's why we bank at the HSBC
We know that our cash is as safe as can be
When we bank with our friends at the H-SBC
© Les Morss