Trawling Netflix for interesting viewing, as you do these days to relieve ennui, I came across the 2018 docufilm on Eric Clapton, A life in 12 bars. I can’t say I liked him as much as I wanted to by the end of it, but the film features a short section on one of my favourite Aretha Franklin tracks, titled, Good to Me as I Am to You. A 22-year-old, psychedelically clad Mr E. Clapton provided gorgeous guitar fills… but it’s the lyrics I love especially:
‘If you had a dollar
And I had a dime
I wonder, could I borrow yours
As easy as you could mine?…’
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