"Ax(e) to grind" redux

[Laurence Horn]

>>>
>>>That certainly sounds reasonable. Remember when "uptight" was "up
>>>tight" and also had a positive meaning that was once more widespread
>>>than the negative one?
>>>
>>Uptight, outta sight.  Yeah, rings a bell...
>>
>>L
>>
>
>It was "Fingertips, part deux," by Little Stevie Wonder: "Everything is
>all right, up tight and outta sight."
>
>I'm pretty sure that I know the etymology of "up tight," which explains
>how it happened that the phrase was originally had both positive and
>negative connotations.
>
>-Wilson

And your lips are sealed, are they?

Larry