The Nickel Song

Melanie Safka

NICKEL SONG


*with refrain from "MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC!"


* Put another nickel in


In the nickelodeon


All I ever want from you is music


I'll do anything for you anything you want me to


All I ever, all I ever wanted was music


Well you know that I'm not a gambler but I'm being gambled on


They put in a nickel and I sing a little song


In the nickelodeon


All I ever, all I ever, wanted was music


Well I don't mind that


They're lucky but it seems like they always win


And gambling is illegal in the state of mind I'm in


And if I had a nickel for each time that I've been put on


I would be their nickel man and I'd sing a little song


You know they're only putting in a nickel


And they want a dollar song, oh


They're only putting in a nickel


And they want a dollar song


Oh yeah, all I ever wanted was the music


I'll do anything for you anything you want me to


All I ever all I ever wanted was music sweet music


They're only puttin' in a nickel


To get rid of a lot that's wrong


Oh you know they're only puttin' in a nickel


And they want a dollar song


They're only puttin' in a nickel


And they want a dollar song


Yeah...