Brother, Can You Spare A Dime

Song lyrics to Brother, Can You Spare A Dime (1970) by Jay Gorney, E.Y. Harburg

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 a dime

Once I built a tower… to the sun
Bricks… rivet… and lime
Once I built a tower… now it’s done
Brother, can you spare a dime

Once in cocky suits
Gee, we looked swell
Full of that Yankee Doodle-dom
Half a million boots.they went
Slogging through Hell
And I.I was a kid with a drum

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…