Ain’t Too Proud To Beg: U.S. Automaker Version
(with apologies to The Temptations)
I know you wanna close me
But I refuse to go away
If I have to beg and plead for your loan money
I don’t mind cuz I think that you owe me
Ain’t too proud to beg, you know it
I’m too big to fail, don’t you know?
Ain’t to proud to plead for your money
I was number one, long ago
Now I hear you want green, a clean machine
A no-carbon ride
But then you never come to see us, you buy a Prius
When I ask you why, you just hide
Ain’t too proud to beg, you know it
I’m too big to fail, don’t you know?
Ain’t to proud to plead for your money
I apologize for EVO.
Now when the gas was a dollar, not much to pay
Then you said “Screw the EPA”
Bought big Humvees, pickups and SUVs
Because nobody cared about MPGs!
Ain’t too proud to beg, you know it
I’m too big to fail, don’t you know?
Ain’t to proud to plead for your money
I’ll take anything, got no dough
Now I’m in a hole so deep, in the pits of Detroit
And each day it’s just more of the same
I’m not ashamed to come and plead for your money
If pleading keeps me from admitting any blame
Ain’t too proud to beg, you know it
I’m too big to fail, don’t you know?
Ain’t to proud to plead for your money
There’s my private jet, gotta go.