The Non-Profit Charity Blues

It's the non-profit charity blues. 
You can save any critter you choose.
Just adopt a disease, or teach children Chinese
It's the non-profit charity blues.

If you wanna live in Jackson, lemme tell you what to do.
You gotta save some critter, and the planet, too.
You make no profit - but you gotta get paid!
So, find a good cause, and don't be afraid.

      It's easy, go greasy - and slide right into Old Bill's
      It's easy, go greasy - and slide right into Old Bill's

When you wanna go non-profit, lemme tell you what to do 
Get written up in a paper or two
Throw a picnic in the summer, or a dinner, for a start. 
Show a boring documentary in the Center for the Arts. 

      It's easy, go greasy - and slide right into Old Bill's
      It's easy, go greasy - and slide right into Old Bill's

When you wanna make big money, lemme tell you what to do 
Get a buncha board members with a trust fund or two
Rent an office, take a salary, build a cute web-site 
Wear the right clothes and be very polite.

      It's easy, go greasy - and slide right into Old Bill's
      It's easy, go greasy - and slide right into Old Bill's

If you wanna help the people in the one percent 
Let 'em pay your salary, let 'em pay your rent
Tell 'em that they're savin' the Valley here 
Open space, wildlife, and buying you beer!

      It's easy, go greasy - and slide right into Old Bill's
      It's easy, go greasy - and slide right into Old Bill's

It's the non-profit charity blues. 
You can save any critter you choose.
Just adopt a disease, or teach children Chinese
It's the non-profit charity blues.

(Tune: sort of a talking blues, a la Woody Guthrie)

("Old Bill's" is a local Jackson amalgam of non-profits, where any donations from the public are matched, Aug.12-Sept.12 annually. There are over 224 non-profits snarfling at the trough.)

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