[Verse 1] From Brooklyn streets, a Nobel mind, Champion of the market free! Friedman said A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both! [Chorus] Heave ho, for Friedman, bold and free! Unleash the power of liberty! Heave ho, no lunch is ever free! The cost is there for all to see! [Verse 2] They dig a ditch with shovels wide, You thought a canal was the plan! Friedman said Oh, I thought you were trying to build a canal. If it's jobs you want, then you should give these workers spoons, not shovels! [Chorus] Heave ho, for Friedman, bold and free! Unleash the power of liberty! Heave ho, no lunch is ever free! Friedman said There's no such thing as a free lunch! The cost is there! [Verse 3] Against the market, hear them rail, Friedman said Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself! When crisis comes, beyond the pale, Friedman said Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around! [Chorus] Heave ho, for Friedman, bold and free! Unleash the power of liberty! Heave ho, no lunch is ever free! The cost is there for all to see! [Verse 4] Put government in desert lands, Friedman said If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand! The coin ye hold shrinks day by day, Friedman said Inflation is taxation without legislation! Exchange occurs when both agree, Friedman said The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit! Great deeds arise from private will, Friedman said The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus! We learn and change, experiment, Friedman said It's been obvious for some time that the greater the number of experiments which are carried out on the human population, the quicker that population learns to behave differently! [Chorus] Heave ho, for Friedman, bold and free! Unleash the power of liberty! Heave ho, no lunch is ever free! The cost is there for all to see!
