The pound is sinking, the peso's failing   The lira's reeling and feeling quite appalling      The mark is holding, the franc is fading   The drachma's very weak but everyone's still trading   The market's bottom has fallen right out   And only the strong are survivors      Well, I fear my dear that it's eminently clear   That you can't see the trees for the forest   Your father was an extraordinary man but you don't seem   To have inherited many of his mannerisms   Oh, any of his mannerisms      The dollar's moving, the ruble's rising   The yen is keeping up which hardly seems surprising   The market's bottom has fallen right out   And only the strong are survivors      Hear me lover, I can't be held responsible now   For something that didn't happen   I knew you for a minute, oh it didn't happen   Only for a minute, your heart just wasn't in it anymore      The pound is sinking, the peso's failing   The lira's reeling and feeling quite appalling