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Brother Can You Spare A Dime

from Hard Times by Kike Jambalaya

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BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? (E. Y. Yip Harburg / Jay Gorney)

THEY USED TO TELL ME I WAS BUILDING A DREAM
AND SO I FOLLOWED THE MOB
WHEN THERE WAS EARTH TO PLOW OR GUNS TO BEAR
I WAS ALWAYS THERE, RIGHT THERE ON THE JOB

THEY USED TO TELL ME I WAS BUILDING A DREAM
WITH PEACE AND GLORY AHEAD
WHY SHOULD I BE STANDING IN LINE
JUST WAITING FOR BREAD


ONCE I BUILT A RAILROAD, I MADE IT RUN
I MADE IT RUN AGAINST TIME
ONCE I BUILT A RAILROAD AND NOW IT´S DONE
BUDDY CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?

ONCE I BUILT A TOWER WAY UP TO THE SUN
WITH BRICKS AND MORTAR AND LIME
ONCE I BUILT A RAILROAD AND NOW IT´S DONE
BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?

ONCE IN KHAKI SUITS, GEE WE LOOKED SWELL
FULL OF THAT YANKEE DOODLY DUM
HALF A MILLION BOOTS WENT FLOGGING THROUGH HELL
I WAS THE KID WITH THE DRUM

OH SAY, DONT YOU REMEMBER?
YOU CALLED ME “AL ”
IT WAS “AL ” ALL THE TIME
SAY, DONT YOU REMEMBER? I WAS YOUR PAL
BUDDY, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?

SAY, DONT YOU REMEMBER?
YOU CALLED ME “AL ”
IT WAS “AL ” ALL THE TIME
SAY, DONT YOU REMEMBER? I WAS YOUR PAL
BUDDY, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
BUDDY, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?

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from Hard Times, released May 16, 2016
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (E. Y. “Yip” Harburg / Jay Gorney)
Kike Jambalaya – vocal, acoustic, rhythm and
lead guitar, keyboards
Héctor Oliveira – bass
Javier Iñigo – drums

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Kike Jambalaya Madrid, Spain

Singer, pianist and composer born in Madrid.

From 1989 to now, 2019 his musical activity has not stopped. Rock and roll, blues, country, swing, boogie.

He decided to hold an "American Trilogy" between 2013 and 2018: "Back Home Again", "Hard Times" and "Rock'n'Roll, Brother!"

Now in its 30th anniversary, it is the turn to an album in Spanish with its own compositions: "Betrayers Times" ... more

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