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The Bilk Run

from Angel with a Sword by Leslie Fish

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This was inspired by a 6 o’ clock news report about a local land-scandal, wherein some clever ranchers lured a greedy-but-dumb politician into buying them out for much more than they’d originally paid. I just imagined the same game being played in outer space.

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Ain’t no horse that can’t be rode.
Ain’t no rider can’t be throwed.
Ain’t no song that can’t be filked.
Ain’t no government can’t be bilked.

You’re a miner. I’m a rancher.
She’s a farmer. Let’s make a deal.
Slap our brand on a good cheap planetoid.
Make ourselves an estate that’s real.

You dig minerals. You seed algae.
Make those suckers breed like sin.
I’ll take out the ship and tanker,
Find some water and haul it in.

Sell them minerals. Grow that atmosphere.
Now plant grass and bring in the stock.
Make ourselves look big on the Internet
Til they think we’re a Voting Bloc.

When we’re selling steel to everyone,
Food to everyone, we’ll look grand.
Some fool government will get nervous,
Come and offer to buy our land.

Take the deal, take the money and run.
Hunt up planetoids, start once more.
Three times over, we’ll all be billionaires.
Yes, we’ve played this game before.

© Leslie Fish, 02/15/2001

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from Angel with a Sword, released September 2, 2022

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If there's one name that's practically synonymous with filk (Science Fiction folk music), it's Leslie Fish. Leslie has written literally hundreds of songs covering almost every subject, from the space program ("Hope Eyrie"), to Star Trek ("Banned From Argo") to urban life, history, and space fantasy ("Carmen Miranda's Ghost"). ... more

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