[Verse 1] Before seventy-three the gears were smooth Interest rates would drop and housing would move Money flowed like clockwork, predictable ways Investment followed signals in those golden days [Chorus] But the transmission breaks at seventy-three Rates don't spark what they used to be Real incomes shrinking, spending goes cold Uncertainty freezes the capital bold The transmission breaks, the old rules die Seventy-three's the year we ask why [Verse 2] Wages can't keep pace with rising costs Families tighten belts, consumption lost What once was certain now feels unclear Companies hoard cash, paralyzed by fear [Chorus] The transmission breaks at seventy-three Rates don't spark what they used to be Real incomes shrinking, spending goes cold Uncertainty freezes the capital bold The transmission breaks, the old rules die Seventy-three's the year we ask why [Bridge] Three broken channels in the economic chain Rate cuts won't heal the housing pain Squeezed paychecks kill the shopping spree Nervous boardrooms cancel machinery The mechanism's cracked, can't transfer force Economy splits from its intended course [Verse 3] Canada feels it, America too Global connections snap in two What worked for decades suddenly fails New economic winds fill different sails [Final Chorus] When the transmission breaks at seventy-three Old connections cease to be Rates and investment drift apart Squeeze and spending break their heart Uncertainty kills the capex dream Nothing works like it might seem [Outro] Seventy-three, the great divide When economic transmissions died
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