Friday, September 26, 2014

'Born to the m-i-i-i-i-i-ld' (To the tune of Steppenwolf's 'Born to be Wild')

Calculator running
Totalling invoices
Looking at debentures
And all other finance choices

Yeah darling, gonna make it add up
Put the world in a big spreadsheet
Do all of my sums at once and
Leave it really neat

Some find accounts frightnin’
Leaves them full of wonder
All of these expenses
Just what heading are they under?

Yeah darling, gonna make it add up
Put the world in a big spreadsheet
Do all of my sums at once and
Leave it really neat

All prop-er-ly filed
I was born, born to be mild
Tax returns so sly
I make the taxman cry

Born to be mi-i-i-ild

Born to be mi-i-i-ild

Calculator running
Totalling invoices
Looking at debentures
And all other finance choices

Yeah darling, gonna make it add up
Put the world in a big spreadsheet
Do all of my sums at once and
Leave it really neat

All properly filed
I was born, born to be mild
Tax returns so sly
I make the taxman cry

Born to be mi-i-i-ild


Born to be mi-i-i-ild

Words by accountant and poet: Stephen Brown Audio version can be heard here.

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