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Money Couldn't Buy This Song

from Thrash Folk 2020 Remaster by Dr. Sick

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until now, this was a true story. now money can definitely buy this song. originally, it was a xmas present, hence the reference to away in a manger.

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I'd put your picture on a $10 bill
I'd give you dozens of them if it gave you a thrill
instead I'm sippin whiskey and avoidin the spills
and i'm feelin like a fish just gaspin at the gills
but i'd do somethin mighty strange
to get somebody got to gimme some change
for about a 10 spot I'd play "Away in a Manger"
for another 10 I'd bellow out "Home on the Range", but

{CH} Money couldn't buy this song, ain't no way they could afford it
even though they're workin so long, ain't got enough to record it
but you can have a listen on me, little girl
imagine every note is worth a diamond and a pearl
because I'm feelin so rich since you came along
Money Couldn't Buy This Song

I tried to rake in every last dollar but I've been
shunned by Lady Luck, or whatever you call her
too poor to mope, too broke to holler
if you lead the way to finances, I'd be sure to follow
and I'd dress in a 3 piece suit
if anybody out there wants to front the loot
meanwhile, my pockets they carry caput
and when my vices try to bribe me I just give em the boot

{CH}

I'd fill your swimming pool full of cash
give you a million dollars a day and the rest I'd have to stash
I'll add more to the pile, I'll be back in a flash
and if you double take it may give you a case of whiplash
of course, it might be a touch obscene
tryin to dedicate our lives to collecting that green
makes me feel kind of dirty, a bit unclean
but then again I'm rather tired of TOP Ramen and beans

{CH}

Eventually I'd love to get us dinero
but at this present juncture I've obtained roughly zero
don't be shakin baby, there's nothin to fear
Ol' Sick 'll make your worries go disappear or
I'd do somethin dumb or funny
to get somebody got to gimme the money
I would stumble through the rubble of economy's crumble
call me honey, keep 'em runny with the side up sunny

{CH}

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from Thrash Folk 2020 Remaster, released April 11, 2014

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Dr. Sick New Orleans, Louisiana

Dr. Sick dislikes the concept of genre, and finds it limiting. He sings, plays 30 instruments and produces records. When there isn't a global pandemic, he tours as musical director of the Squirrel Nut Zippers.

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