To Be Top Man

Lyrics

To Be Top Man My name is Johnny Foster: I?m a key consulting man I?m here Sir, to address Sir, with my Corporate Five Year Plan If you sign the dotted line Sir, well, my fee?s a thousand grand That?s nominal dough, phenomenally so, I?m sure you?ll understand Chucka: Sounds bloody cheap to me I have a dream, I have a plan I have a scheme to be top man! ERN: By jove, there?s an awful lot of really fine print here Johnny JOHNNY: That?s right Ern. Glad you noticed that. My secretary?s a damned fine printer. Finest I?ve ever had. ERN: Well that?s okay then Johnny. That?s fine. Chucka: Nutting wrong with fine print fellas, nutting wrong at all I?m here to crank your bankers up: their style has got to change That?s why the million bucks, good Sir, takes time to re-arrange They?ve got to know your shares must grow, an aim to which they?re strange Chucka: Now you?re talkin We?ll foster growth, so that we both can live, top of the range I have a dream, I have a plan I have a scheme to be top man! You?d like a Toorak mansion Sir? Nice villa on the coast? Hmmmm France? No, better Flinders Sir, we can?t be seen to boast And in return, your men will earn enough to give them most Of life?s good things, without the strings or red jam on their toast Chucka: Ya gotta love that don?t ya? I have a dream, I have a plan I have a scheme to be top man! They?ll need to show a profit for each desk they occupy, Sir, if your Branch were open-air, we?d make them rent the sky Chucka: Cool man New fee rates must incorporate enough for you and I Implore them to make more Sir, so we can diversify To ventures that return much more than Banking ever will We?ll postulate, then speculate, (Ernie: Speculate?) to make more money still I fancy jam and beer myself. I?d stick with those until Meat pies and yabbies, maybe rice, become the latest thrill! I have a dream, I have a plan I have a scheme to be top man! I have a dream, I have a plan I have a scheme to be top man!

Credits

Lyrics Credits: Gary Woods

Music Credits: Gary Woods

Producer Credits: Julian Sammut

Performance Credits: Brendon Scott

Description

Short Song Description: Johnny Foster sells his 5 year Corporate Plan to the Bank

Story Behind the Song: Part of the original stage musical, Paper Fortune$, set in the boom-to-bust 1980's era

Metadata

Song Length: 4:22

Primary Genre: Pop-General

Secondary Genre: -

Tempo: Medium Fast (131 - 150)

Lead Vocal: Male Vocal

Subject Matter 1: Pride

Mood 1: In High Spirits

Language: English

Era: 1980 - 1989