ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Brother Can You Spare A Dime? Lyrics</title><!-- saved from url=(0029)http://www.ripcat.idps.co.uk/ --> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="description" content="Tom Waits Silver Cloud Lounge - Bestowing information about Tom Waits to the musically appreciative populace"> <META NAME="keywords" content="Tom Waits, tom waits, tomwaits, TomWaits, Waits Tom, Silver Cloud Lounge, Closing Time, Heart Of Saturday Night, Small Change, Foreign Affairs, Blue Valentine, Heartattack And Vine, Swordfishtrombones, Raindogs, Franks Wild Years, Bone Machine, Black Rider, Mule Variations, Early Years, One From The Heart, Night On Earth, Beautiful Maladies, Bounced Cheques, Asylum Years, Nighthawks At The Diner, Bigtime, Holly Cole, Chuck E Weiss, Tom, Waits, "> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="notepad"> <META NAME="author" CONTENT= "paul@webmartin.co.uk"> <META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Copyright © 2002 WebMartin Software Solutions"> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="../graphics/background.jpg" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1" VLINK="BLUE"> <LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE="text/css" HREF="../style.css"> <SCRIPT><!-- defaultStatus = document.title; //--></SCRIPT> <CENTER> <TABLE CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=3 WIDTH="90%" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1"> <TR ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="GRAY"> <TH COLSPAN=2> <FONT COLOR="#DEDDD1"> <FONT SIZE="6">Brother Can You Spare A Dime? - Lyrics</FONT></TH></TR> </FONT> <TR ALIGN="CENTER"> </TABLE> <hr width="90%"> <A NAME="brothercanyouspareadime"></A> <TABLE CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=2 BORDER=3 WIDTH="90%" BGCOLOR="#DEDDD1"> <TR BGCOLOR="SILVER"><TH COLSPAN="2">Brother Can You Spare A Dime?<BR>(Edgar Harburg/Jay Gorney 1932) <TR ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH="50%"> They used to tell me I was building a dream<br> And so I followed the mob<br> When there was earth to plow or guns to bear<br> I was always there, right there on the job<br> <br> They used to tell me I was building a dream<br> With peace and glory ahead<br> Why should I be standing in line<br> Just waiting for bread<br> <br> Once I built a railroad, I made it run<br> I made it run against time<br> Once I built a railroad and now it s done<br> Buddy can you spare a dime?<br> <br> Once I built a tower way up to the sun<br> With bricks and mortar and lime<br> Once I built a railroad and now it s done<br> Brother can you spare a dime?<br> <br> Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell<br> Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum<br> Half a million boots went slogging through hell<br> I was the kid with the drum<br> <br> Oh say, don t you remember?<br> You called me Al<br> It was Al all the time<br> Say, don t you remember? I was your pal<br> Buddy, can you spare a dime?<br> <br> Say, don t you remember?<br> You called me Al<br> It was Al all the time<br> Say, don t you remember? I was your pal<br> Buddy, can you spare a dime?<br> Buddy, can you spare a dime? </TD> </TR> <TR ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="LIGHTGREY"><TD COLSPAN="2"><A HREF="Reviews.htm">Reviews</A></TD> </TABLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="Javascript" SRC="../javascript/waitsnav.js"></SCRIPT> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>