Only the Small Investor

ONLY THE SMALL INVESTOR [Intro – soft piano] Oh-oh-oh... Oh-oh-oh... We believed... We trusted... [Verse 1] Year after year, bit by bit, we looked ahead, we believed in luck. A small dream, a little courage, we thought: with our Russian investments, everything will be alright. [Pre-Chorus – rising] But then came the time that changed everything. The doors closed, and nobody asked. [Chorus – BIG, CATCHY] Only the small investor... Oh-oh-oh... Only the small investor... Oh-oh-oh... He waits for his money, he waits for his rights. Only the small investor... But he doesn't give up. [Post-Chorus] Oh-oh-oh... Oh-oh-oh... We're still here. [Verse 2] Blocks here, blocks there, forms, word for word. Type C accounts, cold money, and we ask: Who decides this world? Months go by, years pass, but we stay here and stand. [Pre-Chorus] We trusted, we believed. And suddenly our future was stolen. [Chorus – bigger] Only the small investor... Oh-oh-oh... Only the small investor... Oh-oh-oh... He waits for his money, he waits for his rights. Only the small investor... But he doesn't give up. [Post-Chorus – melodic] Oh-oh-oh... We're still here. Oh-oh-oh... We don't give up. [Verse 3 – emotional] We're not big, we have no power. We just hoped for tomorrow. No millions, no grand plan. Only what you can spare. [Pre-Chorus – stronger] And if the world doesn't understand us, if no one hears what's happening to us, then we'll sing it out loud: We're still here! [Chorus – powerful] Only the small investor... Oh-oh-oh... Only the small investor... Oh-oh-oh... He waits for his money, he waits for his rights. Only the small investor... But he doesn't give up. [Bridge – quiet] Maybe we'll lose money. Maybe we'll lose time. But as long as we still hope, we're not ready to give up. [Build] Oh-oh-oh... We're still here. Oh-oh-oh... We won't give up. [Instrumental – 8 bars] [Final Chorus – huge, emotional choir] Only the small investor! Oh-oh-oh! [Final Chorus – huge, emotional choir] Only the small investor! Oh-oh-oh! We trusted! We hoped! We're still here! We won't give up! [Choir] Only the small investor! [Lead] Only the small investor! [Choir] Only the small investor! [Lead] We won't give up! [Full Choir] OH-OH-OH! ONLY THE SMALL INVESTOR! OH-OH-OH! WE WON'T GIVE UP! [Final Chorus – repeat] Only the small investor... Only the small investor... We're still here. We won't give up. [Outro – piano] Oh-oh-oh... Only the small investor... Oh-oh-oh... We're still here. [Whisper] We won't give up.