Story Behind the Song
Recorded entirely by soulvasq in their shiny new home studio, Two Dollar Bill was written about a particularly nutty older gentleman (cough) that was a regular at a hardware store Dave used to work at. This rather opinionated fellow had a particular affinity for outdated currency and had a bumper sticker on his self-painted 1965 Plymouth P.O.S. that said "Buy American - While You Still Can".
Lyrics
Your fifty-cent piece, don’t do me no good.
What use is it to me if I can’t spend it at the gas station, I said
Your fifty-cent piece, don’t do me no good.
They’re all heavy in your pocket and they chuckle while you walk,
And they’re chuckling, all over my store.
Your silver dollar, don’t do me no good.
Where do you keep gettin’ these things
‘Cos they don’t give ‘em out at the banks no mo', I said
Your silver dollar, don’t do me no good.
Besides, that thing you want it costs more than you want to pay,
So you might as well put it back.
Susan B. Anthony, she don’t do me no good.
Bring that girl into town and sell her to the coin collector, I said
Susan B. Anthony, she don’t do me no good.
They all look too much like quarters if you’re not numismatically keen,
They’re the U.S. Mint’s foulest blunder.
Your two-dollar bill, don’t do me no good.
What good is it to me if I can’t put it in the vending machines, I said
Your two-dollar bill, don’t do me no good.
You see there’s no spot for it in this here box,
Yet you trade ‘em all in for electronic socks,
I said, “Don’t you know these things are made in Japan?”
He said, “Oh, (damn), don’t they make anything here anymore?”
And he turned around, and walked right out.
Your two dollar bill
I said your two dollar bill,
don't do me no good with that
two dollar bill, your two dollar bill
Your two dollar - bill
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