[Verse 1] Nineteen seventy-three, the numbers turned to rust Oil shocks hit the pipeline, economics bit the dust Canada felt the tremors from the southern neighbor's pain When Bretton Woods collapsed, nothing stayed the same [Chorus] CPI climbing, unemployment rising high Real GDP stumbling, loonie starts to fly Energy exports booming, Alberta strikes it rich Seventy-three's the pivot, economic system switch [Verse 2] Consumer prices jumping, inflation takes the wheel Double digits dancing, erasing what was real Workers lost their footings, jobless rates expand Stagflation's ugly marriage plaguing both our lands [Chorus] CPI climbing, unemployment rising high Real GDP stumbling, loonie starts to fly Energy exports booming, Alberta strikes it rich Seventy-three's the pivot, economic system switch [Bridge] CAD to USD, the maple leaf gains ground Oil sands and natural gas, black gold underground Royalty revenues flowing to the prairie crown When America sneezed hard, we didn't tumble down [Verse 3] Real GDP contracted, growth turned negative Phillips Curve got twisted, old rules ain't definitive What worked in the sixties crumbled in the storm New economic thinking had to be reborn [Final Chorus] CPI climbing, unemployment rising high Real GDP stumbling, loonie starts to fly Energy exports booming, Alberta strikes it rich Seventy-three's the break point, flipped the economic switch [Outro] From fixed to floating currencies, the old regime died The maple leaf learned flying when the eagle couldn't glide
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