Try To Remember

Andrea Axelrod and Alan Siegal try to remember (with original lyrics) when they thought they could opt for an early retirement. Oh well! From A&A's SONGS FOR THE NEW DEPRESSION

Try to remember the kind of September
When you were quite the prosperous fellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When market bulls would rage and bellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When nobody panicked, or had to sell low.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
then ... swallow.

Try to remember when our legal tender
was tough, just like an armadillo.
Try to remember when our legal tender
mean all your dreams could be fulfilled,
Oh try to remember when our legal tender
was more than just paper to pad your pillow.
Try to remember, and if you remember
then...swallow.

Deep in recession, if not yet Depression,
although you know the worst will follow,
Deep in recession and Fed intercession
Remember that a bubble's hollow.
Deep in recession don't count your possessions
for fear that in poverty you may wallow.
Treat the recession as just an expression
and... ... ... swallow.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• andrea
• axelrod
• alan
• siegal
• string
• guitar
• try
• to
• remember
• parody
• recession
• depression
• stock market
• Great Depression
• financial crisis
• economic crisis

[bryandawkins]

hey boy and girls I am going to show you a neat trick. by turning my empty pockets inside out I made a bunny rabbit. (this trick was made possible by unemployment)

tune in next time when hobo Joe says "malnutrition made my pants fall down"

[MegaPffft]

Fantastic............!!!!! 

[Nealsiegal]

I thought I'd revisit this and it is even better than I remember. Regrettably, two years later it's still right on the money.

[Belindasilva]

This is wonderful. I usually can't play this song on the guitar without choking up and it's hard to sing all the way through it, but from now on I'll think of how you made it funny. Although your inspiration for your lyrics, as true as they are, make me cry as well. LOL! Thank you for the entertainment.

[Oxy456]

the picture at the list of videos looks really epic :D:D

[Sebastianmntn]

I really like it!

[ben952]

brilliant!

[MisZing]

Thanks for adding the lyrics!! It's very true and touching. Anthem for our times indeed!

[MisZing]

I think it's very good, but being Dutch I don't understand every single word, so can someone please write down the lyrics, than I can translate. Please!! Thanks in advance!

[kjahorton]

Biting, clever and timely lyrics performed with the emotion/despair/gallows humor we all are feeling. A new anthem for our times?