The time has come Not to be cautious He must be careful not to make mistakes For every half hour In twenty-four And operations rose Faster than they did yesterday And the lending rates on your side So there won’t be Much of a problem Then past midnight There is a rise When everybody’s asleep at home He becomes nervous And sees a change Today futures Watch the markets from the street In a pocket in a grey flannel suit Read tomorrow’s crash today And check your pulse Base metals crawled onto the kerb And softs dropped in a summer turn And sugar melted in the mouth Of a rude girl Who knew a better option She thinks for a while And it could be A long time before he thinks again And then he looks at the papers And looks again Today futures