The Way it Is – by Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Mighty Mighty - Maisonette
If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets - Joe Diffie
This one would be fun to dance to at your cookout.
The spitting image version of ‘Our House’ by Madness
Arlo Guthrie’s I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler has seemed quite appropriate recently.
Putting on the Ritz- the Taco version
Money Too Tight Too Mention- Simply Red
Happy Days Are Here Again
Industrial Disease- Dire Straits?
Black Friday, by Steely Dan
Takin’ Care of Business–check the lyrics, he’s doin nothin’ all day.
Tom Paxton (who wrote the song originally) has updated it for today’s economics.
The Wall Street Shuffle by 10cc
Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz! as sung by Eddie Cantor in the movie Cinderella Man.
King of the Road
“Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let…fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain’t got no cigarettes
Ah, but…two hours of pushin’ broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I’m a man of means by no means
King of the road.”
I think this is the situation for an increasing class of people.