Alimony, alimony, payin' your bills
livin', lovin', she is just a woman
I've never been a Led Zeppelin fan, but the image of a groupie "with a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat" who followed the band around because someone else was paying her bills rings true.
Of course, what could be better to convey the hopeless misery one feels when paying your ex so much of your earnings that his or her lifestyle is better and freer than yours than the blues? Eddie Cleanhead Vinson sings,
If country music is more your speed, you can yodel along with Joe Manuel's "Alimony Blues." Manuel reminds us that "we all have trouble sometimes" but that his two wives are just too much. Mel Tillis and the Old Dogs have their own version. Listen at:
Even Weird Al Yankovic spoofed Billy Idol's "Mony Mony" with his song "Even Worse--Alimony." Hard to listen to, but straight to the point.
When sifting through all the various alimony songs, whether rock, blues, country, or pop, you will find that they all ask the same question one song explicitly queries," Judge, where is your justice?"
In a recent motion to reconsider, the judge refused to take into account proof of my husband's monthly earnings, but chose instead to continue to impute $7,000 a month (which he is not making). Even if he were earning that much, the alimony would still be 24% of his monthly income (this is alimony only, not child support, which is additional). As it stands, he is paying something like $49% of what he works for each month.
I have an uncle who paid 80% of his income to his ex-wife for some years. He barely eked out an existence. The difference is, his alimony in Pennsylvania ended when his children turned 18. No such luck in our case. The alimony is permanent. Judge, where is your justice?
Alimony alimony I thought I bought steak and it was all baloney
My heart and back are both about to break from paying' for my mistake yeah.
If country music is more your speed, you can yodel along with Joe Manuel's "Alimony Blues." Manuel reminds us that "we all have trouble sometimes" but that his two wives are just too much. Mel Tillis and the Old Dogs have their own version. Listen at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9701YPoAcbM
Even Weird Al Yankovic spoofed Billy Idol's "Mony Mony" with his song "Even Worse--Alimony." Hard to listen to, but straight to the point.
When sifting through all the various alimony songs, whether rock, blues, country, or pop, you will find that they all ask the same question one song explicitly queries," Judge, where is your justice?"
In a recent motion to reconsider, the judge refused to take into account proof of my husband's monthly earnings, but chose instead to continue to impute $7,000 a month (which he is not making). Even if he were earning that much, the alimony would still be 24% of his monthly income (this is alimony only, not child support, which is additional). As it stands, he is paying something like $49% of what he works for each month.
I have an uncle who paid 80% of his income to his ex-wife for some years. He barely eked out an existence. The difference is, his alimony in Pennsylvania ended when his children turned 18. No such luck in our case. The alimony is permanent. Judge, where is your justice?
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