Nickels and Dimes

Song Description

Written on my 25th birthday because I was depressed about being a quarter century old. I realized then that I need not make apologies for the things I've done because they've made me who I am today. That's basically it.

Song Length 5:48 Genre Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Moving, Poignant Subject Breaking Up, Recovery
Similar Artists Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers Band Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

I've been starin' down the barrel of a gun
That life holds in his hand
He's got an itchy finger and a wicked temper
And he always gets his man
He's coming to take another year from me
Says I owe myself an apology
But I've said I'm sorry too many times
And I paid the price with nickels and dimes

I've been starin' down the barrel of a gun
That fate holds in his hand
He's got a slow finger, but a terrible bringer of war to a battered man
He's coming to take another year from me
Says I owe my brother an apology
But I've said I'm sorry too many times
And I paid the price with nickels and dimes

I've been eternally alone, I've been afraid of letting go of yesterday
Maybe it's the aching in my heart that drives the soul in my guitar
It's never very far...... away

I'm starin' down the barrel of a gun
That love holds in her hand
But she won't pull the trigger
Because my walls are getting thicker
And I've become a better man

Says she'll give another year to me
Says I owe that woman an apology
But I've said I'm sorry too many times
And I paid the price with nickels and dimes
Yeah, I paid the price with my nickels and dimes

I've got no alibis, my excuses are over
Nothing to hide behind, I'm getting sober
If I could dream of a reason to leave me
There would be none like the reasons you gave me.....

Lyrics Nathan Davis Music Nathan Davis
Producer John Custer Publisher Nathan Davis
Performance Nathan Davis (guitar, vocals), John Custer (guitar), John Henry Trinko (keyboards), Derek Arnold (bass), Francis Dyer (drums) Label mixed by Ian Schrier @ Osceola Studios, Recorded by John Custer @ John Custer Recording Studios

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