The Subprime Blues

Check out my other version for better sound quality. This is a story about some mistakes I made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3G1PdipmtI Here are the lyrics:

A couple years ago I went to buy a home
I called up on an ad on the telephone
The Realtor told me now is the right time to buy
She said "Owning a home is American as apple pie"




The place, I saw, too good to be true
On the west side of town it even had a view
Somethin should have told me that I was a fool
I didn't know about the Subprime Blues

The broker said to make an offer on the spot
She said "Do you have money", I said "I do not"
She said "That don't matter, I know who you should call
Countrywide's number's right here on here on the wall"

I rushed to their office right on time
The mortgage broker told me he was, on my side
He said "I solve your problem buddy don't you wait"
I git you a loan with an adjustable rate




How can these payments be so low
The balance rises every month on what I owe
Needed some furniture, a new TV
No problem borrow more with Home Equity


I can't make my payments anymore
They sold my damn loan into a CDO
There's no one to talk to on the other side
This whole dang thing is hurtin my pride

I gotta get away........... from here,
I'm going downtown to drown myself in beer

I wake up in the morning all I feel is fear
The foreclosure date is getting near
I borrowed more money than I could pay
The Subprime Blues have come my way

The loan, I took, it was cursed
The Real Estate bubble, now it has burst
I'm in, the school, of hard knocks
I'm gonna end up in a cardboard box

©2007




An original performance by Billybob and Luanne Stewart.
www.thesubprimeblues.com
http://www.myspace.com/billybobstewart

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Subprime
• Mortgage
• Blues
• Country
• Music
• Billy
• Bob
• Stewart
• Foreclosure
• CDO

[xyberfunk]

BARNEY FRANK should be in prison serving corn muffins...its TREASON!

[billybobstewart]

Isn't Barney Frank a TV show person?

[10afly]

This is great! So topical and well-written. I smiled as I watched it. Well-done! Nice voices. Looks like it was recorded in a trailer home somewhere.

[billybobstewart]

That is Billybob's home (at least until the foreclosure date) that you are talking about.

[10afly]

Can we be members of the Billybob Fan Club?

[billybobstewart]

You would have to start it - but everything starts from 0 at some point

[TDGBFMVA7X]

song was great but people are stupid and deserve what they get what they don't think sometime. Billy bob is an idiot.

[LCLikewow]

poor Billybob. Good song. Too bad you aren't better at math than you are at music. Then you wouldn't be in such a pickle.

[viru1s]

she looks like miley cyrus

[convexity123]

Good job!!! You are Great!! Luv it!

What is written on the sign??

[BGJPJPBG]

Hey Billy Bob and daughter, You guys are great!!!! You guys really spoke a word to this world!!! I give you a 10 out of 10!

[auntadrie]

You guys are great!

[ldscnj]

Billybob doesn't know much about youtube so I appreciate the comment. I revised it but am considering removing the entire intro - what do you think?