N-Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
C-Jay Gorney
A-E.Y.Harburg
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L-             They used to tell me I was buil-ding a dream,                  And so I  fol-lowed the mob.
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L-           When there was earth to plow or guns to bear,   I       was al-  ways   there,    right on the job.
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L-           They used to tell me I was  buil-ding a  dream,                   With peace and glo-ry a- head,                  Why should
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L-       I       be     stan-ding in      line,                                   just   wai-  ting  for  bread?
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L-     Once   I  built  a rail-road,     made    it   run,                Made    it  race    a-  gainst  time,
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L-      Once   I built a rail-road,       now     it's done;              Bro- ther can you spare a   dime?
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L-      Once   I  built a tow-er          to      the  sun,              Brick    and  ri-    vet and    lime,
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L-       Once  I built  a tow-er,         now     it's  done.             Bro- ther can you spare a    dime?
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L-       Once  in kha-  ki suits,        Gee  we    looked swell,         Full of that   Yan-kee Doo-dle-de-dum,
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L-      Half    a  mil-lion boots     went slog-gin' through hell,        I   was the   kid   with the drum.
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L-    Say,   don't you re-mem-ber,   They called  me   Al;               It      was  Al     all   the     time,
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L-     Say,  don't you  re-mem-ber,       I'm     your pal.               Bro-ther can you spare a    dime?