I'm noticing a similar theme...

This is kind of a random thought that passed my mind when I was listening to the radio.. considering how our economy is doing, and how this affects people's lyrics... I noticed a similar theme in two songs, with key differences. INTERESANTE.  (Note: I cut out a lot of the songs. I'm just looking for specific lyrics and such.)


AIN'T WE GOT FUN 
Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening
Ain't we got fun?
Not much money, Oh, but honey
Ain't we got fun?
The rent's unpaid dear
We haven't a bus
But smiles were made dear
For people like us

In the winter in the Summer
Don't we have fun
Times are bum and getting bummer
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get children
In the meantime, in between time
Ain't we got fun?

Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening
Don't we have fun
Twins and cares, dear, come in pairs, dear
Don't we have fun
We've only started
As mommer and pop
Are we downhearted
I'll say that we're not

Landlords mad and getting madder
Ain't we got fun?
Times are so bad and getting badder
Still we have fun
There's nothing surer
The rich get rich and the poor get laid off
In the meantime, in between time
Ain't we got fun?




FOR THE FIRST TIME
She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart
While i'm drinking jack all alone in my local bar
And we don't know how we got into this mad situation
Only doing things out of frustration
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard

She needs me now but I can't seem to find a time
I've got a new job now in the unemployment line
And we don't know how we got into this mess is it  Gods test
Someone help us cause we're doing our best
Trying to make it work but man these times are hard

But we're gonna start by drinking old cheap bottles of wine
Sit talking up all night
Saying things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears
Even after all these years
We just now got the feeling that we're meeting
For the first time


Oh these times are hard
Yeah they're making us crazy
Don't give up on me baby




BOTH of these songs reflect that the artists are going through hard times. History repeats itself, yo. And when people are stressed about money, they take it out on their relationships. I just thought it was kinda funny how similar these songs were. It kept popping into my mind every time I heard For the First Time on the radio, and I kept on meaning to link them together... I think Ain't We Got Fun is definitely more optimistic, and For the First Time is more realistic. I love both of these songs. How do people make it work when things get bad? In Ain't We Got Fun, a husband reminds his wife about all of the awesome things they have going, even through the bad.  For the First Time encourages a couple to look at their relationship as if they're starting anew. For some reason, I think of both of these songs are extremely inspiring. I'm not exactly sure what else I wanted to say with this... but tell me what you think! Are there any other similarities you see? Differences? I know I didn't post all the lyrics... But I feel like it's really cool/scary how things happen over and over again if you're not paying attention.


Give me thoughts!! <3