Spanky & Our Gang - Brother Can You Spare a Dime Lyrics

Lyrics Brother Can You Spare a Dime - Spanky & Our Gang



Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Gorney, Harburg
They used to tell me
I was building a dream.
And so I followed the mob
When there was earth to plow
Or guns to bear
I was always there
Right on the job.
They used to tell me
I was building a dream
With peace and glory ahead.
Why should I be standing in line
Just waiting for bread?
Once I built a railroad
I made it run
Made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad
Now it's done
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower up to the sun
Brick and rivet and lime.
Once I built a tower,
Now it's done.
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits
Gee we looked swell
Full of that yankee doodle dee dum.
Half a million boots went sloggin' through hell
And I was the kid with the drum!
Say don't you remember?
They called me Al.
It was Al all the time.
Why don't you remember?
I'm your pal.
Say buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits,
Ah, gee we looked swell
Full of that yankee doodle dee dum!
Half a million boots went sloggin' through hell
And I was the kid with the drum!
Oh, say don't you remember?
They called me Al.
It was Al all the time.
Say, don't you remember?
I'm your pal.
Buddy, can you spare a dime?



Writer(s): E Harburg, Jay Gorney


Spanky & Our Gang - The Complete Mercury Recordings
Album The Complete Mercury Recordings
date of release
26-03-2007

1 Lazy Day
2 (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue
3 Ya Got Trouble in River City
4 Sunday Will Never Be the Same
5 Commercial
6 If You Could Only Be Me
7 Making Every Minute Count
8 5 Definitions of Love
9 Brother Can You Spare a Dime
10 Distance
11 Leaving on a Jet Plane
12 Come and Open Your Eyes (Take a Look)
13 The Swingin' Gate
14 Prescription for the Blues
15 Three Ways from Tomorrow
16 My Bill
17 Sunday Mornin'
18 Echoes (Everybody's Talkin')
19 Suzanne
20 Stuperflabbergasted
21 Like to Get to Know You
22 Chick-A-Ding-Ding
23 Stardust - Album Edit
24 Coda (Like to Get to Know You)
25 Anything You Choose
26 And She's Mine
27 Yesterday's Rain
28 Hong Kong Blues
29 Nowhere To Go
30 Give A Damn
31 Leopard Skin Phones
32 But Back Then
33 Mecca Flat Blues
34 Without Rhyme Or Reason
35 1-3-5-8 (Pedagogical Round #2)
36 Jane
37 Since You've Gone
38 (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue - Greatest Hit(s) Version
39 Everybody's Talkin' - Single Version
40 Sunday Mornin' - Greatest Hit(s) Version
41 And She's Mine - Album Edit
42 Nagasaki - Live
43 Amelia Earhart's Last Flight - Live
44 Waltzing Matilda - Live
45 Brother Can You Spare A Dime? - Live
46 Steel Rail Blues - Live
47 Oh Daddy - Live
48 Dirty Old Man - Live
49 The Klan - Live
50 That's What You Get For Lovin' Me - Live
51 Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives Me - Live
52 Wasn't It You - Live
53 You Got Trouble - Live
54 Crying
55 Chick-A-Ding-Ding - Single Mono Mix
56 Yesterday's Rain - Stereo Single Mix
57 Anything You Choose - Stereo Single Mix
58 Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes) - Stereo Single Mix
59 Give A Damn - Public Service Announcement
60 And Your Bird Can Sing - Single Version
61 Sealed With A Kiss - Mono Single Mix
62 Sunday Will Never Be the Same (Mono Single Version)
63 Distance - Mono Single Version
64 Making Every Minute Count - Mono Single Version
65 If You Could Only Be Me - Mono Single Version
66 Lazy Day - Mono Single Version
67 (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue - Mono Single Version
68 Sunday Morning - Mono Single Mix
69 Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes) - Mono Single Mix
70 Like To Get To Know You - Mono Single Mix
71 Three Ways From Tomorrow - Mono Single Mix
72 Give A Damn - Mono Single Mix
73 The Swingin' Gate - Mono Single Mix
74 Yesterday's Rain - Mono Single Mix
75 Without Rhyme Or Reason - Mono Single Mix
76 Anything You Choose - Mono Single Mix
77 Mecca Flat Blues - Mono Single Mix
78 And She's Mine - Mono Single Mix
79 Leopard Skin Phones - Mono Single Mix
80 Echoes (Everybody's Talkin') - Mono Single Mix




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