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A Nickel for the Fiddler

by The Lucky Ones

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Fool's Gold 00:00 / 05:53

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1.
Fool's Gold 05:53
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Gathered around, some bar, some town One More in an endless string of days Freedom’s just a dream that not many men have seen Those that do they try to drink the though away What would you say if I told you about a place Where you could reach down and pull gold right out the creek? You’d better choose fast this could be your only chance Let it pass you’ll be forever blue and weak Come on boys, there’s gold to be found Hiding under northern ground We’ve got the plan, if you’ve got willing hands And there’s nothing left for you in your hometown You could turn your life around Take a boat to a place where there’s no roads See the footprints of a hundred thousand men Start the trail with a hundred miles up hill There’ll be a thousand more until you reach the end There were no claims left to stake when most men reached the place Where the Klondike and the Yukon rivers flow Whiskey, whores, and thieves and Canadian police Thirty thousand men without a hope Sorry boys, there’s nothing to be found And you’re standing on somebody else’s ground Make what you can digging for another man You might be awhile in town Or you can turn your ass around It all happened so fast, like the burning of a match And it faded just as quick as it began For a hundred years and more, we all heard the tale and swore That never would they take us in again But the fisheries collapsed and the factories hit the tracks And all the little farms are getting sold And I heard about a place they pay five hundred bucks a day Just for sitting in a loader digging holes Come on boys, there’s black gold to be found Hiding in Alberta ground We’ve got the plan if you’ve got willing hands And there’s nothing left of your hometown You could turn your life around
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Since the Farm Got Sold 03:17
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Hear that midnight train, coming down the track Here it comes, if I get on I’m never coming back Going where the weather suits my clothes Ever since the farm got sold Well my daddy was a farmer, my grandad he was too I was one, but not for long, there was nothing I could do A letter came that said the bank foreclosed And then the farm got sold I couldn’t catch a break and I couldn’t catch the rain The crops all died, the well went dry, and that’s when the banker came He said sometimes it’s just the way it goes And then the farm got sold Babies, little babies, three babies and my wife They’re sitting home waiting on me thinking I’ll be back tonight Guess they’re gonna wake up all alone Ever since the farm got sold I couldn’t catch a break and I couldn’t catch the rain The crops all died, the well went dry, and that’s when the banker came He said sometimes it’s just the way it goes And then the farm got sold Well hear that midnight train, smoking down the line Every mile it goes it gets a little farther from my mind Guess it just ain’t in my blood to roam Even though the farm got sold Lord I’m gonna make my way back home Even though the farm got sold
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Waitin' on a Paycheque 03:18
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I’ve been working, I’ve been playing I’ve been working, but I’m still saying I’m a little short, a little short today So just lend me some money and I’ll be on my way I just got paid, but it ain’t too clear Where my money’s gone, how did it all disappear? I woke up broke, so if you wouldn’t mind Just buy me a beer, and I’ll get you back in time I’m waiting on a paycheque, when I get it I will pay you back For loaning me the funds I lacked, I’m waiting on a paycheque I’m waiting on a paycheque, when I get it I will get you back For buying me the beer I didn’t have, I’m waiting on a paycheque Well I just made rent, I had a couple of bucks I went downtown, but now I’m down on my luck It’s the same old song, it happens again and again So won’t you lift me up, and won’t you help me out my friend? I’m waiting on a paycheque, when I get it I will pay you back For loaning me the funds I lacked, I’m waiting on a paycheque I’m waiting on a paycheque, when I get it I will get you back For buying me the beer I didn’t have, I’m waiting on a paycheque
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20 Months 03:50
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Two-Step Medley 02:36
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Waitin' on a Paycheque 03:18

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released March 23, 2024

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