Ray Martin Cerimeli's Podcast

The occupy gang has now eclipsed any hypocrisy they hoped to expose. Their means has corrupted the end. "The road to hell is filled with good intentions" Their philosophy short changes a system that isn't perfect, but is still far better than the one they propose as a replacement.

Short Change The World

Directionless souls chasing a lost cause
Put up their tents, ignore the laws
They claim that it’s their right to point out others flaws
They proclaim themselves as the new boss
But aren’t they tired of trying to short change the world

There they go again on the evening news
With sound bites so hateful and confused
Some burned out hippy freaks with nothing left to loose
Stoned on political power, drugs and booze
Aren’t they tired of trying to short change the world

Everything is much better than they’d have us believe
Wealth creates philanthropy dependence creates need
Misinformed misfits doing the tyrant’s deeds
Distracting discontents who love to watch others bleed
Aren’t they tired of trying
To short change the world
Don’t shortchange the world
Shortchange our word
Shortchange our world

© 2012 Ray Martin Cerimeli

Song 11 of the "Back In Bloom" album  is a modern arena rock invention
“Don’t Change Us”.

At 4:49 it screams in the face of flawed ideas that replace individual rights and force subjects to serve a gang of crooked thugs who should be locked up behind bars instead of being in a position of power over them.

Don’t Change Us

Don’t Change Us,
Don’t Change Us,
Don’t Change Us
We’re fine the way we are
Don’t Change Us,
Don’t Change Us,
Don’t Change Us
We’re fine the way we are
We don’t want your dumb smart cars
We don’t need more hollow stars
You and your crooked thugs belong behind bars
Don’t change us,
 We’re fine the way we are
Don’t Change Us,
Don’t Change Us,
Don’t Change Us,
We’re fine the way we are
Don’t try to sell your lies to me,
Our fore fathers died to keep us free
Your teleprompter lies,
Have pushed us too far
Don’t Change Us,
We’re fine the way we are 

Ray Martin Cerimeli © 2009

Night Watcher

You watch the night
From dark to day
You put yourself
Beyond the fear and in harm’s way
Ready to resist or to join the fight
When the innocent sleep
your awake to watch the night

You carry weapons on your belt
To use with your keen sight
When the world descends into darkness
You’re still standing burning bright
You are the luminary
Your there to keep things right
Standing your ground and watching the night

Your only task is to see night go past
Without the wicked wales of sorrow
Leading the way to the next tomorrow
With the spark you carry along
Protecting the ember until dawn

You watch the night from dark to day
You put yourself
beyond the fear and in harm’s way
You are the luminary
your there to keep things right
When the innocent sleep
your awake to watch the night

You carry weapons on your belt
to use with your keen sight
When the world descends into darkness
Your standing there burning bright
You are the luminary
your there to keep things right
Standing your ground and watching the night
Night Watcher Night Watcher Night Watcher

2011 Ray Martin Cerimeli

That Hollow Man

False hope and false healing,
he leaves you with a hollow feeling
He paints layers of pious pretention
Hawking tickets to some group redemption
His words are soft and sticky,
his beady eyes are cold and tricky
A deceiver of the black hand,
who’s no-one’s friend
Start seeing thru that hollow man
Chanting lies over the sleeping,
his mission is to leave them weeping
He comes to town with the cameras rolling
The press distracted and the church bells tolling
Moving smooth and moving fast,
with both hands grabbing the cash
Forget what he told you,
don’t let his teachings mold you
Just resist that hollow man
His words lack rhyme and reason,
and flash with a hint of treason
All thru time it’s been the same,
tyrants playing the same game
They ignore the golden rule,
while claiming that they work for you
To get their way is all that matters
Leaving the people’s freedom torn and tattered
Show him the door, That hollow man

© 2011 Ray Martin Cerimeli

Jim Crammer is an x hedge fund manager who shares his professional insights uncovering the truth hidden between the lies and rumors with common investors. The Lightning Round is about a segment of Jim Crammer’s show Mad Money where he tries to advise as many callers back to back in a short period of time.

The Lightning Round

Looking for direction
Trying to turn your luck to gold
Your chips are on the table
It’s time to bet or fold
You’ve heard the information
That the guru said was true
But no one said for certain
What you’re supposed to do

The truth can be found
Between the lies
In the lightning round

He claimed to make a pile
On the preaching of some fool
And left behind his honesty
And the golden rule
Running with the wolves
That wait outside of town
So desperate and so hungry
To devour what they found

The truth can be found
Between the lies
In the lightning round

© 2011 Ray Martin Cerimeli

The faster you go the slower you burn
The harder you fall the more you unlearn
The more you save the less you earn
Miles and Miles from Nowhere

Sinking in circumstance created by your mind
The harder you look the less you can find
Racing toward the exit suspended in time
Miles and Miles from Nowhere

Running toward a future that lies in you past
Stifled by circumstance behind your mask
Seeking shelter never seems to last
Many more Miles from Nowhere

Sweating and drinking in the heat
Exposed and hungry in the street
Carrying something that tastes so sweet
Miles and Miles from Nowhere

Pouring out your prayers in purgatory
Standing in the shade of heaven’s gate
Yearning and Yearning to ascend higher
But for now you’ll have to wait

Miles and Miles,
Miles and Miles
Miles and Miles from Nowhere

Ray Martin Cerimeli © 2010

Back In Bloom is available at http://CDBaby.com/RayMartinCerimeli2