Vested Interest from Opinions by Dubrow

Tracklist

7.	Vested Interest	3:42

Lyrics

Vested Interest

(We’re gonna smoke ‘em out)

Vested interest
Invested interest
Vested interest
We’re ruled by vested interest

A government contract, good for keeping control
Follow the stench, until the trail gets hacked
Owners shrugging shoulders, hiding off-shore
In a tax-free black holding company stack
Shake down the directors, it’s funny how they live
A post office box inside a tax haven pantomime
A family trust, at the top of the tree
Secured by obfuscator beneficiaries

Vested interest
Invested interest
Vested Interest
We’re ruled by vested interest

It’s like a popular minister, another free ride
A brown paper bag, a little more on the side
Swings a little to the left, then a little to the right Just keep the people happy, and their hair just right
And you can listen real carefully
And you can hear them as they try to sing
(La-la-la lee-lee!) “Integrity, in a democracy!
Integrity will be the death of me”

Vested interest
Invested interest
Vested Interest
We’re ruled by vested Interest

It’s like a parliamentary puppet show
Invested interest
Then they’re caught red handed
And they beg forgiveness
This vested interest

Vested interest
(ahh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Vested interest
(ahh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Theft and corruption at its simplest
(ahh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Vested interest
(ahh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)

Credits

from Opinions, released August 23, 2022
Written, recorded and produced by Dubrow at Reservoir, Melbourne, 2022

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.