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Athenian Rhapsody Posted by FT Alphaville on Sep 06 14:34.
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Alan Beattie, FT International Economy Editor and FT Alphaville’s new A&R man, has sent us a rock opera by two
parodists whom wish to remain anonymous. We’ve done all we can to confirm one of them isn’t Ben Elton but
we can’t give you our full reassurance.
To the tune of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody （ボヘミアン・ラプソディの曲で）
Athenian Rhapsody (The Ballad of Papandreou) パパンドレウへのバラード
Is this our real debt? これは本当？
Is this just fantasy? それとも、ファンタジーなの？
Won in a landslide 地すべりのような動乱
Now I’m facing austerity そして、緊縮財政
I opened the books 会計帳簿を開いてみれば、思わず
And said “are you kidding me?” これってマジかよ？
Did what we did to get into the Eurozone ユーロに加盟せんがため
So there was never a need to grow 成長などはなかったが
Euro’s high, rates stayed low ユーロの高みに達して、低い金利を得むと
Anything to enter, didn’t really matter to Greece, to Greece 加盟のためには何事かはあらむ
Papa, just told the truth パパがいっていたことに
No one’s paying any tax 誰も税金なんか払わない
And my colleagues here are hacks 同僚は盗人のよう
Papa, Greece had everything パパ、ギリシャには全てがあったけど
But the bankers came and took it all away 銀行家が来てかっさらっていったと
Papa, ooh ooh ooh ooh パパ、オー、おー、おー
Goldman told us it would work ゴールドマンが、こうすればうまくゆくといい
and now I sit here like a jerk そのおかげで、今ではガタガタ
They were wrong, they were wrong, that swap illusion’s shattered アイツらは間違ってた、間違ってた、スワップの幻影
は粉々になった