Money’s too tight to mention
A few days ago, I resurrected an old CD that had come out of Hurricane Frances with the paper CD cover insert adhered to the CD itself. 
Some glass cleaner and hard work brought it to life again.
It was Simply Red’s debut album Picture Book, and I was amazed in revisiting the lyrics in Red’s version of “Money’s Too Tight to Mention,” how everything old is new again.
“I been laid off from work my rent is due
My kids all need brand new shoes
So I went to the bank to see what they could do
They said son looks like bad luck got a hold on you”
Simply Red’s awesome version of the Valentine Brothers’ original composition came at a time when the US economy was slowly taking away from the middle class and giving to the rich, in a frenzy that ultimately wound up in bank failures:
“Were talking bout Reaganomics
Oh lord down in the Congress
They’re passing all kinds of bills
From up there on Capitol hill, we’ve tried it”
Yes, everything old is new again, right down the age of the Republican candidate who would continue the legacy of Ronald Reagan.
“Were talking bout the dollar bill
And that old man who’s over the hill”
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