Entitlement [FT]
Liner Notes
There was a skirmish with the prompt "Write that title". I couldn't play, probably just as well because I took the title literally and failed to read what it was about. So this keeping-down-with-the-Joneses song came out, eventually. #fuc #folk #acousticonetake #satire #mortgage
Note to self: I think I'm plagiarising part of Ukulele Criminal but that's okay. I'll sue myself for breach of copyright and I'll be rich! Rich I tells ya!! ...no, wait...
Last minute note to self: rework replacing "big, big" with "big, new" throughout for consistency. Don;t even THINK about a "big, big wife". Remember New Orleans!!!! Jaws!!!!!!
Lyrics
ENTITLEMENT [FT] Words & Music Copyright © 2025 TJ Fatchen All Rights Reserved APRA-AMCOS
CHORUS Write that title, do that deed Give that seller what he needs! By your mortgage you’ll be stoned And by your bank, forever owned!
VERSE You want to move to a big, big car, And you got a pressing reason. A big car makes you what you are! And it’s the runout season. Right!
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VERSE You want to move to a big, big place, And you got a pressing reason. A big place gives you lotsa face, And it’s the land sale season? Right!
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VERSE You want to move to a big new wife And you got a pressing reason. A big new wife just might bring you to life And it’s the divorce season? Right!
LAST CHORUS Write that title, do that deed Give that lawyer what he pleads! By your bank you’re already owned And by your ex, you’ll be stoned! .......and a good thing too.
Comments
For a second there I thought you're buying your mortgage AND your bank :) I don't think "divorce season" has even sounded so enticing! Fun reading of the prompt, marvelously developed!
This is such a great take on the prompt. Clever lyric writing Tim!! Reminiscent of the heel to polka, I know what I’ll be thinking about next time I’m at a bush dance!
It's a consumer world let's keep up with Jones' fun but not fun ditty.
Ah, an ode to our material world. Eloquent as ever. Thanks for rattling my chain to remind me that it's February!!
you lay out the whole life span of the consumer in a few short, witty verses. and i love those "Right"s and your summing up at the last verse in the form of a divorce settlement.
Damn those Jones always having that little bit more, or is it less. You can have it all until you can't have any at all. Fun tune and very on point as always FT 😎
The tune is so jaunty, and the lyrics so bitter! It's whiplash of the best kind, tied together by your super-sarcastic, eye-rolling vocal performance. The third verse is especially acerbic; I like it!
It begins with righteous common sens and ends in a jest ! This did surprise me !