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Location: 6 String Ranch | Probably call it Three For A Quarter. |
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Location: Utah | "Jukebox, Jivebox". You'll need the synchronized female backup singers for this one.
It was a long time ago
But the words kept me sane.
I knew what I had to do, where to go
Once I heard those magic words
A hundred times I played that song.
A hundred dimes down the drain.
Put in your money,
Get out your song.
Listen to the lyrics
Hearing your truth.
How do they do it?
How do they know? (Jukebox, Jivebox)
Now that I'm old, getting grey,
A little wisdom found.
I don't care what you do or where you go
Wish I'd never heard those magic words
A hundred times I played that song.
A hundred dimes down the drain.
Put in your money,
Get out some song.
Listen to the lyrics
Thinking its truth.
How do they do it?
How do they know? (Jukebox, Jivebox)
It's not a box O'Truth
It's just a box full of Jive
The singer don't know me
There are no magic words.
A hundred times I played that song.
A hundred dimes down the drain.
Put in your money,
Get out their song.
It's all just a scam
Nothing like the truth.
Sell you a story
Take it to the bank (Jukebox, Jivebox)
A hundred times I played that song.
A hundred dimes down the drain. |
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Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | Darby, that's the one right above this. Could be a winner for you!!!! |
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Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch | OK, let's close the loop.
Here's how the song ended up and I played it in A, not C, which allowed for a nice intro and outro lick.
My thanks to Otto for the suggestion of the "three for a quarter, one for a dime" line and to Glenn for the idea for the second verse.
I got second out of 8. Not bad for going first.
That's $50 and it goes to the Humane Society on the Island for dog food.
FlySig, I gave Darby a copy of yours. It may get used in the future as well. He sends his thanks too.
Three for a Quarter 4-20-08
What ever happens to wishes and dreams?
The ones that come true you can see
What about the others, do they just get lost in time? well they're
Three for a quarter, one for a dime (2x)
Life’s a juke box but you can't always choose the songs
You put in your money sometimes it comes out wrong
You just take the punch, and move on down the line, its just
Three for a quarter, one for a dime (2x)
The grass ain't always greener On the other side
That ranks right up there With life's most famous lies
The collection plate in church got passed around
I thought about the bum I saw downtown
He held out his hat to me, For spare change I'll dance and sing
Three for a quarter, one for a dime (2x)
I got a juke box in my garage out back
Sitting right next to my 59 Cadillac
Neither one works too good, Some day I'll fix them like I should,
Three for a quarter, one for a dime (2x)
Three for a quarter One for a dime
It’s funny how all the little things, So control our lives
Here we go again, one more time around
Loving this Island life we have found
Hanging here with all our friends
Hoping time just never ends, I’ll gladly pay
Three for a quarter, one for a dime (2x) |
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