Classic Rock Songs about Money and Taxes
The tax man's taken all my dough,
And left me in my stately home,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And I can't sail my yacht,
He's taken everything I've got,
All I've got's this sunny afternoon.
Like "Taxman," The Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon" deals with the money woes of those poor unfortunate rich folks. During the time Ray Davies wrote the song (for the band's 1966 Face To Face album) the band was having legal problems, maintaining a killer tour schedule, and dealing with the temporary replacement of bassist Pete Quaife, who was seriously injured in a wreck. Perhaps that may explain the negative attitude about success.
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I'm on a low budget
I'm not cheap, you understand
I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land
Excuse my shoes they don't quite fit
They're a special offer and they hurt me a bit
Even my trousers are giving me pain
They were reduced in a sale so I shouldn't complain
Given the number of songs they recorded on the subject, one gets the idea that money was something of an obsession for the Kinks. "Low Budget" - from the 1979 album of the same name - is about the difficulty of living within one's means.
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