Thea Gilmore - Brother Can You Spare A Dime lyrics

Once I built a railroad, made it run Made it race against time Once I built a railroad, now it's done Brother, can you spare me a dime? Once I built a tower to the sun Brake and rivet and line Once I built a tower, now it's done Buddy, can you spare me a dime? Once in khaki suits, boy, we looked swell Full of that Yankee-Doodle-dum Then half a million boots went truckin' off to Hell I was the kid with the drum Say, don't you remember? You called me "Al" It was "Al" all the time Say, don't you remember? I'm your pal Buddy, can you spare me a dime? Once in khaki suits, boy, we looked swell Full of that Yankee-Doodle-dum Then half a million boots went truckin' off to Hell I was the kid with the drum Oh, say, don't you remember? You called me "Al" Then, it was "Al" all the time Say, don't you remember? I'm your pal Buddy, can you spare me a dime? Oh, buddy, can you spare me a dime? Yeah, buddy, can you spare me a dime?