The Banker's Walk Lyrics

When you were young you went off to school

All the other children there could be so cruel

They didn't always play by the golden rule

And you only wanted to fit in

So you learned how to lie about who you are

Your smile grew cold and your heart grew hard

When they caught you with your hand in the cookie jar

They said "we're gonna take a little walk"

There's a room at the end of the corridor

Four walls and a ceiling and not much more

They sit you in a chair in the middle of the floor

To talk about your situation

So you figured out where you stood

You played the game and you played it good

Bought a million dollar condo just because you could

For all your pretty things to live in

But the books were fixed and they broke down

The day the regulators came to town

They said "Humpty Dumpty put on your crown

We're gonna take a little walk"

There's a room at the end of the corridor

Four walls and a ceiling and not much more

They sit you in a chair in the middle of the floor

To talk about your situation

All your pretty things where have they gone

Back to Sarasota where they belong

The house up on the Vineyard sold for a song

As you go to say your last goodbyes

You think to yourself "this is where it stops

There's nowhere but down when you reach the top"

You take a tie down from the closet

And then you tie a knot

There's a room at the end of the corridor

Four walls and a ceiling and not much more

They sit you in a chair in the middle of the floor

To talk about your situation

Your situation