brother can you spare a dime

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.