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Artist: Pete Seeger
Canonical path: /pete-seeger/business
Related lyric paths: 6
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Business
Read Business lyrics by Pete Seeger on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Business
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Two million bushels of North African grain
Resold to Germany for Swiss francs,
Paid for by a consortium of banks
With a deal in futures that the Stock Exchange
Unloads for coffee from Brazilian uplands
Destined for Paris, Before the whole deal sinks,
The checks written in indelible inks
Outrace Atlantic's winter hurricanes.
At last the coffee arrives, also the wheat,
Needless to say, the deal was a success.
Who can deny that all of us have gained?
Our benefactors? Three trusts. They compete
For honor, glory, power and of course,
Profits, where all happiness is contained.
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Pete Seeger performs "Business", and this lyric page sits inside the Pete Seeger catalog on LyroVerse.
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