"Goober Peas," a favorite song of confederate soldiers during the Civil War, was a tongue in cheek commentary on something decent soldiers should not have had to eat so often. I changed the wording here, to create a commentary on banking fees that decent foks shouldn't have to pay as often as they now do.....

Bankin' Fees

Fees! fees! fees! fees!
Payin' bankin' fees,
Goodness, what a rip-off,
All them bankin' fees

Merchants went to congress, made their money plead,
Save us from the bankers, their gross excessive greed;
The bankers merely looked around for someone else to sleaze,
Goodness what a rip-off, all them bankin' fees

Fees! fees! fees! fees!
Payin' bankin' fees,
Goodness, what a rip-off,
All them bankin' fees

Cutting back on spending, trying real hard,
Didn't think about it, used my debit card;
They hit me with a monthly charge, a nickel diming squeeze,
Goodness what a rip-off, all them bankin' fees.

Fees! fees! fees! fees!
Payin' bankin' fees,
Goodness, what a rip-off,
All them bankin' fees.

******

©2011 Michael Silverstein