ECONOMICS

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Song Title
ECONOMICS
Writers
Weill, Lerner
Publisher
HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
Non-TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
50%
Territory Controlled
US
Themes/Keywords
1940's, Bad, Breakup, Broadway, Gold Digger, Irony, Man, Money, Woman
Lyrics
Man and woman you got to admire,
They conquered cold and they conquered fire.
They stuck together thru thick and thin,
Through lots of good and through lots of sin.

But there’s one thing that beats ‘em,
That they just can’t subdue,
One thing that defeats ‘em,
And splits ‘em up in two,
And that love defyin’ thing
About which we’s gonna sing
Is Economics.

Now Cora had a husband makin’ seven a day.
She left him for a guy who made eleven a day.
Now that’s good economics,
That’s good economics,
That’s good economics,
But awful bad for love.

Now Sarah and her husband, they were doin’ Okay,
For Sarah had an ev’nin’ job and he worked all day.
Now that’s good economics,
That’s good economics,
That’s good economics,
But awful bad for love.

Economics are rough on love!
Economics are tough on love.
You got a little money,
You got a little honey.
Money go! Honey go!

Now Ruby was a woman who could needle your spine,
But when you want to kiss her it was cash on the line.
Now that’s good economics,
That’s good economics,
That’s good economics,
But awful bad for love.

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