Credit Crunches with Optimists

It can be considered a curse to be an optimist. If you're always looking on the up or bright side of things you can decive yourself into thinking you can do it all, have it all, spend it all and worst of all afford it all. Not so-at least not all at once. A little here and a little there. Pay it off as you go along and you'll be fine-for the most part.

For that reason-I really like this song. Not something you have to listen to often, but you definitely get the message.

The Limeliters, A Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week

Throughout history mankind has been plagued with triangles
A there's the eternal triangle
The isosceles triangle
And the schrons flippus (That's the one! yeah)

However this song is about a friend of mine
Who bought an automobile
Dollar down and a dollar a week
And everytime he turned the wheel
Dollar down and a dollar a week
He got a credit card for that new machine
Dollar down and a dollar a week
And he kept it full of gasoline
Dollar down and a dollar a week

Just a dollar down and a dollar a week
You can get all the things you seek
For a dollar down and a dollar a week

Well he went speeding on down the road
And kissing his gal upon her cheek
They took him to jail but he put up bail
Dollar down and a dollar a week
The judge did fine him fifty bucks
And asked if he would like to speak
He said, 'Judge if I may, I'd like to pay'
Dollar down and a dollar a week

Just a dollar down and a dollar a week
You can get all the things you seek
For a dollar down and a dollar a week

When he got out, he married that gal
Dollar down and a dollar a week
He bought a wedding ring that was pretty cheap
Dollar down and a dollar a week
Refrigerator and a washing machine
Dollar down and a dollar a week
And the food stayed cold and the clothes stayed clean
Dollar down and a dollar a week

Just a dollar down and a dollar a week
You can get all the things you seek
For a dollar down and a dollar a week

They got themselves a little home
Dollar down and a dollar a week
With a second mortgage and a pretty good loan
Dollar down and a dollar a week
He said to his wife, 'It's a pretty good life'
Dollar down and a dollar a week
And she said, 'Honey we don't need much money'
Dollar down and a dollar a week

Just a dollar down and a dollar a week
You can get all the things you seek
For a dollar down and a dollar a week

But six little kids did soon arrive
Dollar down and a dollar a week
He had so many worries that he could not sleep
Dollar down and a dollar a week
As their debts began to mount
They added them up apon a sheet
They said with tears, 'We'll take a thousand years at a'
Dollar down and a dollar a week

Just a dollar down and a dollar a week
You can get all the things you seek
For a dollar down
And a dollar a week