Story Behind The Song
Personal experience with neighborhood loan shark that I watched hook people to endless debt.kinda like credit cards
Song Description
Song about the neighborhood bar loan shark
| Song Length |
2:25 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Rock - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool, Sociable |
Subject |
Money, Power |
| Similar Artists |
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Spin Doctors |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
Loan Shark
Words and Music by Jeff Jolly
© 1995
He sits at the end of the bar
Pretends to be your friend
When you’re down and out
He’s got that helping had to lend
But oh now Mama, his eyes are oh so cold
He’s a loan shark Mama, been with
since the days of old
Banker man, he walks, says you got no loan
Pretty soon the shark man will be
calling you on the phone
But oh now Mama, his eyes are oh so cold
He’s a loan shark Mama, been with us
since the day of old
Never made it through school
Frustration got him mad
Only thing he remembers
Is the color green and how to add
But oh now Mama, his eyes are oh so cold
He’s a loan shark Mama, been with us
since the days of old