Song Description
"35 Cents" is reflective of the cost of today's phone call. The song is a syncopated swing/rock song with all the instrumentation plus blues harp. This track like all other tracks on this CD feature some of Nashville's best musicians.
| Song Length |
3:55 |
Genre |
Jazz - Swing |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
35 CENTS
All alone in this cold phone booth
Rain is drizzlin’ down
Enough to give anybody the blues
When one thin dime can’t be found
I ain’t got a calling card and I swore I’d never call collect
My pride is wounded … car’s broke down
And I’m a nervous wreck
Chorus
35 cents … I’ve got a quarter … somebody loan me a dime
35 cents … I got the quarter … somebody help me
Got to get my baby on the line
Even the moon is hidin’ out
On this dangerous side of the tracks
I’ve searched in every pocket twice
Checked between the cracks
I don’t see a change machine for the $20 bill in my shoe
Did I just hear somebody scream …
What’s a poor boy to do
Chorus
35 Cents