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Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore
Union Boys
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I was feelin' kinda hungry so I thought I'd buy some bread
I went into the corner grocery store
I took out the usual money but the grocer shook his head
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore
Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
A dollar bill don't buy what it used to
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore
Oh, the cost of living's rising, rising higher than a kite
And they tell me that it's gonna rise some more (rise some more)
And they're gonna freeze our wages 'til we get that old frostbite
And a dollar ain't a dollar anymore (anymore!)
Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
A dollar bill don't buy what it used to
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore
Now I live in a rooming house, my room is awful small
As a matter of fact it's only two by four (two by four!)
But the landlord raised my rent and now I'm living in the wall
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore
Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
A dollar bill don't buy what it used to
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore
Here's a lesson in arithmetic, now one and one make two
And it is true that two and two make four
But when the prices get higher, why, arithmetic's a liar
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore (sing it!)
Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
A dollar bill don't buy what it used to
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore
From the tree that grows in Brooklyn to the Gulf of Mexico
From Florida out to the western shore
We'll take Congress by the collar, "
Roll those prices back," we'll holler
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore
Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
A dollar bill don't buy what it used to
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore
Now if you wanna learn a lesson, if you really wanna know
If you wanna solve your problems by the score (by the score!)
Fight your economic battles with a good old CIO
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore (sing it!)
Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
Don't buy what it used to
A dollar bill don't buy what it used to
'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore
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