The Ticker Tape Blues

Monday morning, the bell rang sweet and low Saw a little green, put on a hopeful show Thought maybe this time, the trend would be my friend But that line went south before the trading day could end Tuesday hit me like a margin call I missed Every stock I ever loved, she betrayed me with a kiss Just a long red candle, burnin' down my screen The ugliest damn chart this old man's ever seen I got the ticker tape blues, yeah, the Friday afternoon kind

Where every single gain just messes with your mind Yeah, the green's a sweet lover, gone by the dawn And the red's a cold shoulder when your money's all gone Oh, the market's a mistress, cruel and so unkind Wednesday brought a whisper, a rumor from the Fed Sent the futures tumbling, left my portfolio for dead I tried to buy the dip, like all the wise men say But the dip just kept on dippin' and stole my cash away Thursday saw a rally, a dead cat bounce for sure

A moment of sweet heaven, that I knew could not endure It was just enough to fool me, just enough to make me dream Before Friday pulled the rug out, with a silent, bloody scream I got the ticker tape blues, yeah, the Friday afternoon kind Where every single gain just messes with your mind Yeah, the green's a sweet lover, gone by the dawn And the red's a cold shoulder when your money's all gone Oh, the market's a mistress, cruel and so unkind Thirty years I've watched this digital parade

Seen fortunes built and fortunes unmade It's a heartache and a fever, a poison and a cure And every Friday evening, I ain't never really sure Why I'll be back on Monday, staring at that wall of light Guess I'm just addicted to the losing fight I got the ticker tape blues, yeah, the Friday afternoon kind Where every single gain just messes with your mind Yeah, the green's a sweet lover, gone by the dawn And the red's a cold shoulder when your money's all gone

Oh, the market's a mistress... gonna drink my whiskey and leave this week behind.