by Tom Paxton      Oh the price of gold is rising out of sight   And the dollar is in sorry shape tonight   What the dollar used to get us now won't buy a head of lettuce   No the economic forecast isn't right   But amidst the clouds I spot a shining ray   I can even glimpse a new and better way   And I've devised a plan of action worked it down to the last fraction   And I'm going into action here today      CHORUS:   I am changing my name to Chrysler   I am going down to Washington D.C.   I will tell some power broker   What they did for Iacocca   Will be perfectly acceptable to me   I am changing my name to Chrysler   I am headed for that great receiving line   So when they hand a million grand out   I'll be standing with my hand out   Yes sire I'll get mine      When my creditors are screaming for their dough   I'll be proud to tell them all where they can all go   They won't have to scream and holler   They'll be paid to the last dollar   Where the endless streams of money seem to flow   I'll be glad to tell them what they can do   It's a matter of a simple form or two   It's not just renumeration it's a liberal education   Ain't you kind of glad that I'm in debt to you      CHORUS      Since the first amphibians crawled out of the slime   We've been struggling in an unrelenting climb   We were hardly up and walking before money started talking   And it's sad that failure is an awful crime   Well it's been that way for a millenium or two   But now it seems that there's a different point of view   If you're a corporate titanic and your failure is gigantic   Down to congress there's a safety net for you      CHORUS