"THE BALLAD OF THIRTY FIVE CENTS" genre: Country Blues
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	Lyrics The Ballad of Thirty Five Cents (GENE W. EVANS) I went out to visit a relative of mine in an old run down nursing home I saw this old man standing by the front door, looking kinda sad and all alone Now he was stopping everybody, that happened by his way First he'd cough to get their attention, then he'd politely say Give me 35 cents please That's all I need to buy a coke Well how about a dollar then To tell the truth I'm broke You got any cigarettes I sure do need a smoke Won't you give me 35 cents please So I can buy a coke I thought, here's a man that long ago was his mother's pride and joy Some young girl's sweetheart, an all American soldier boy Never in his wildest dreams did he think he'd end up broke and all alone Begging for 35 cents, and a coke, in a shabby nursing home He said, I used to be somebody, mister, why I was really on a roll I had a big old house, fancy car, and a wife as good as gold But I guess I messed up somehow and wound up broke, sick and all alone And finally found myself here in this shabby nursing home Then I woke up, and I realized I had fell asleep I rubbed my eyes and shook my head as I stumbled to my feet I said to myself, I wonder why that dream won't leave me alone Then I took my place at the front door of that shabby nursing home Give me 35 cents please That's all I need to buy a coke Well how about a dollar then To tell the truth I'm broke You got any cigarettes I sure do need a smoke Won't you give me 35 cents please So I can buy a coke COPYRIGHT 1999 GENE W. EVANS

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