Staying Alive

Staying Alive (by the Bee I Gees)

Well, you can tell by the way we look for gains,
we’re a hurtin’ pup—we’re feeling pain.
We weren’t prepared for bids to fall, we’ve been kicked around
by too much VOL.
And now it's all right. At least I think.
If everything gets kitchen-sinked.
We can try to understand
The subprime loans’ effect on man.

If you mark to market you’re going to be a target,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the Citi crying' and Wall Street starts a firing people,
Stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Our loss rises – stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
No surprises – stayin' alive.

If your balance sheet is long these deals,
Your fate may match Prince and O’Neal’s.
If you can ignore the market’s wane
you been getting high with Jimmy Cayne.
You know it's all right. It’s Act 2.
We’ll sell it all and start anew.
But there’s no bid. You understand?
The subprime loans’ effect on man.

Wanna be trader? Then find a fool who’s greater,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the spreads a widen while losses are still hiding, people,
Stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Liquidation, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Short duration, stayin' alive.

Prices declining, horrible timing
Somebody help me, yeah.
No way to sell it, no way to quell it, yeah.
Just stayin’ alive

(Repeat from top)

Prices declining, horrible timing
Somebody help me, yeah.
No way to sell it, no way to quell it, yeah.
Just stayin’ alive

 (keep repeating)