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Poor Man's Dime

from The Whiskey Fund by Herb & Hanson

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It's a rich man's world on a poor man's dime

Working in this factory fourteen hours a day
When I'll see my baby next I can't hardly say
Working all these hours but I ain't got much in pay
My boss says not to worry. I guess he's doing fine
It's a rich man's world on a poor man's dime

Tryin' to bum a nickel, tryin' to bum a ride
Tryin' to find somebody just to treat this poor boy kind
Gotta get to Denver by the fourth day of July
Probably won't make it but Lord, I'm gonna try
It's a rich man's world on a poor man's dime

Hopping on that freight train heading for the west
Tryin' to find that rider that treated me the best
Tryin' to find that rider who's better than the rest
I'm asking her to be my bride if she's got the time
It's a rich man's world on a poor man's dime

I finally found my woman but with another man
I don't know what I did wrong. I did all I can
But she ran away from me and I think I understand
Got two holes in my pocket, always working overtime
It's a rich man's world on a poor man's dime

I'm headed back to the east, guitar on my back
Carrying it from here to there in my gunny sack
If I need so money it picks up the slack
Just singing in these bars at night, pennies for a rhyme
It's a rich man's world on a poor man's dime

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from The Whiskey Fund, released June 30, 2006

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American roots duo Herb and Hanson features two songwriters expressing themselves with little more than a guitar, a mandolin and their respective voices. Incorporating the sounds of America's oldest influences of blues, folk and rag, into their songwriting, this prodigious pair seeks to relay these traditions in a contemporary way for their audience to ruminate. ... more

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