The Dears

Money Babies

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Our money is elastic
Our money is elastic
Gotta get milk for the baby
And our money is elastic

Decapitative laughter
Is keeping us alive
Cavalcades of losers
Losing their minds

Hoping for disaster
Settin' off alarms
Amid all of the deranged
Amid all the charmed

Do you remember that time
When we thought we were gonna die?
Well, baby nothing much has changed
And yet they haven't been the same since at all

Our money is elastic
Our money is elastic
Gotta get milk for the baby
Gotta get milk for the baby

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2008-12-21 21:12:10

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by gamos

17y ago

The phrase about money being elastic means a young couple don't need to make a lot of money to provide for their child. Parents can give their kids a good childhood even if they are poor. They just have to love their kids and get them the basics. (It's counter to the common notion that parents must do everything they can for their family, including work that pays well but helps ruin the world. That mindset makes every evil in the world justifiable, as long as you're doing it to feed your family.)

"Cavalcades of losers, losing their minds. Hoping for disaster. Settin' off alarms. Amid all of the deranged." - these verses refer to the alienation a young, poor family can feel compared to the middle class families bent on the appearance of succes.

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by atraaeterna

15y ago

gamos, I think when he says the money is elastic, he's implying that they're 'stretching' their money. For example, a paycheck that's only enough to support them for one week, gets spread out to cover a longer period of time, to make what little they're making last as long as possible.

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