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April 04, 2011 01:00 AM

Music by Gershwin, words by Gotbaum

PBGC director can add lyricist, singer to his resume

Elizabeth Karier
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    Entertaining: Singers Debra Tidwell, left, Celeste Crenshaw and Joshua Gotbaum.

    Joshua Gotbaum's resume got a bit longer last week.

    The director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. now can add lyricist and vocalist to his CV.

    The Pension Rights Center marked its 35th anniversary with a gala in Washington on March 30, at which the center honored four retirement security “superheroes” for their work in promoting pension rights. The honorees were Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa; Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa; Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.; and Marilyn Hennessy, former executive director and president of The Retirement Research Foundation.

    As part of the celebration, Mr. Gotbaum took to the stage and, along with local performers Celeste Crenshaw and Debra Tidwell, regaled the estimated 300 attendees with a takeoff on George and Ira Gershwin's “I've Got Rhythm.”

    “We've Got Pensions,” written by Karen Friedman, the Pension Rights Center's executive vice president and policy director, with a contribution from Mr. Gotbaum, was a paean to the defined benefit system and the work of the Pension Rights Center. Mr. Gotbaum also poked fun at himself when he sang (in a verse he penned):

    “We've got billions / Less than we need (pointing to himself)

    But / We've got pensions / We don't ask for anything more.”


    The complete song lyrics are below.

    Full lyrics

    WE’VE GOT PENSIONS

    Words by Karen Friedman, executive vice president and policy director of the Pension Rights Center, and Joshua Gotbaum, director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

    Music by George Gershwin

    “The Retirement Security One-Night Band” — Celeste Crenshaw, Debra Tidwell and Mr. Gotbaum; they were accompanied by Burnett Thompson on piano.

    VERSE

    Days will be sunny with always a smile

    Got money to make that last mile

    Retirees are up dancing with glee

    Thankful to ol’ PRC

    PRC fights all day, giving their best shot

    Jumping right into the fray

    (and thanks to them)

    Look at what we’ve got

    CHORUS

    We’ve got pensions

    Ease our tensions

    We’ve got pensions

    Who could ask for anything more?

    We’ve got moolah for the future

    We’ve got pensions

    Who could ask for anything more?

    You got troubles? Don’t you worry,

    PRC will mind the store

    VERSE

    We’ve got dbs

    And annuities

    We’ve got pensions

    Who could ask for anything more?

    BRIDGE (written and sung by Mr. Gotbaum)

    DB issues? We don’t mind them

    When those DC plans hit the floor

    We’ve got billions

    Less than we need (pointing to himself)

    “But” we’ve got pensions

    We don’t ask for anything more.

    They’ve got big dreams

    They’ve got chutzpah

    We’ve got pensions

    Who can ask for anything more

    That’s PRC,

    for you and me

    Happy Anniversareeeeeeee!

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