Or,
All I really want to do….is claim you as a dependent.
The reason for the tax dirge:
The tax dirge is perfect music
for seeking lost bits of paper, Googling tax code minutiae (and isn’t it all
minutiae?)…and for holding your breath until your accountant calls and says
you're getting a refund, or a bigger refund than expected....or until you enter
all the numbers into Turbo Tax and the amount "overpaid" comes up
positive. On the other hand, it's good music to drown your sorrows when you see there is no way in H-E Double toothpicks you're getting a refund...in fact, you may have to sell your house to pay your bill!!
To be
honest, many times the songs in the annual playlist known as the Tax Dirge
aren't evocative of those feelings viz their music or lyrics; many times the
title just, well, fits.
As usual, the Dirge features songs of all or most song types. This one includes reggae, hip-hop, opera, 70s punk, folk and country. And 2014 sees the debut of Mr. Marshall Mathers on the Dirge with not 1 but 2 selections from "The Eminem Show".
We end as
usual with the Mother of All Tax Dirge Songs, "Taxman", written and
performed mostly by George Harrison....the Grumpy Beatle[1]. If you're singing
along to the finale this year, and wondering what to put in place of the descant, "Uh-uh, Mr. Wilson; Uh-uh, Mr. Heath", then
"Uh-uh, Mr. Boehner, Uh-uh, Mr. O" works pretty good. Unless
you're Canadian, in which case you have a couple of weeks to figure out how
to fit Messrs. Harper and Mulcair in the song in a rhythmic and clever way, eh.
Happy
dirging, taxpayers!
