Moxy Früvous The Ballad of Cedric Früvous Lyrics:
(Mike)
Up until just recently
Gambling was thought to be blasphemy

(Jian, as Cedric)
Like Wilson Phillips, evil stuff

(Mike)
But Canada is changing fast
Loosening it up at last legally

(Jian)
The new narcotic, take a puff.

(All)
Casinos open to raise
funds for social needs

(Jian)
Full of roulette wheels,
Black jack and video slot machines.

(All)
Now guys like Cedric
perform benevolent deeds.

(Jian)
I've been saving up my welfare
Just to throw the dice on
the velvet greens.

(Mike)
Money made by dealing folks
Goes to helping healing
folks 'cross the land

(Jian)
I stand and proudly gush.

(Mike)
Casinos are a ministry
handled governmentally
Show your hand.

(Jian)
I almost had a royal flush.

(All)
Since Cedric spent his
last dime on 15 to 2.

(Jian)
I put my chips on 32 red it
went to black instead.

(All)
Guys like Cedric are pulling
Medicaire through.
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(Jian)
Now they're asking me to leave,
And I'm poor and I'm peeved so
I just might heave.

(Mike)
So he mortgaged the house
and he traded the kids
And he studied the odds and he
practiced the bids.
The he ran to province next door to his
Where casinos were a brand
new flourishing biz.
(All)
His new found luck at blackjack
brought him such wealth
They realized he'd make a
perfect Minister of Health.

(Mike)
Now he's wearing all the hats
Hanging out with
bureaucrats at bookie
joints.
(Jian)
He's a public money sponge.

(Mike)
Watch him place another bet
We go deeper into debt losing points
(Jian)
And credit ratings plunge

(Jian)
We've made a virtue of that
which used to be vice:
(All)
Lower tax on corporations,
gambling donations pay the
bills.
(Jian)
Now gambling addicts are civil
servants with dice:
(All)
Selling health to the
hopeless, pocketing the
profits, curing our ills.

(All)
Our social service is getting nervous
As Cedric hands it to one-armed bandits.
It's hell for purists but swell
for tourists so yeah!

From the Liner:
1992- Originally written as
a musical discussion of the
issues around the
legalization of gambling
in Canada, this piece was
commissioned and performed
in
'92
for CBC's national
television newsmagazine The
Journal. Since then,
Cedric
F. has been spotted with
many celebrities (including
T.V.'s Bob Denver) at
various
'nouveau' casinos.
Lyrics: The Ballad of Cedric Früvous, Moxy
Früvous [end]