MAY 26, 2009 --

Some lyrics to a song of lament inspired by a Clyde Haberman column on New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the "Gee Officer Krupke" song on "West Side Story."

Dear kindly Mayor Bloomberg, I really gotta try

To get myself employment or else some stimuli

My belt can’t get no tighter

I won’t last beyond July

If things don’t turnaround I’ll be a homeless guy


My dear Mayor Bloomberg, may I call you Mike

Because I’m not now working

I can’t go on strike

I hope you wont tell me

To go take a hike

Please won’t you help me Mayor Mike, Mayor Mike,

Mayor Mike, Mayor Mike, Mayor Mike, Mike, Mike

Won’t you please now help me, Mayor Mike

Clyde Haberman has written

You’re rolling in the dough

He’s with The New York Times and

He must be in the know

But I won’t even bother

To look up your cash flow

Please just listen to my tale of woe


Dear Mayor Mike Bloomberg

I’m down on my knees

To ask you take your money

and end the job freeze

Do you have billions in banks overseas

To invest here in auto factories, factories

Factories, factories, factories, factories

Won’t you please invest in factories