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The Nickel Ride
Peggy Lee
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Big wheel, I was
Had my own nickel ride
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Things were fun then
And I still had my pride
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What went wrong, then?
Something went wrong inside
It broke down there
Ah, my sweet nickel ride
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Yes, it's all there in my mind
I was a barker, you see
I was really a shill
Time off and I used to walk around the midway
Pitch pennies
See the plastic cats and tossing rings
Kewpie dolls and all those things
Used to feel sorry for those poor old geeks
But that's the way it was for them, I guess
Ah but when I'd call, the people they'd come, they would
And we'd take a ride, we would
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Call me "carnie"
That's what I'll always be
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It's so simple
Laugh for the life of me
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I was winning
How he stayed by my side
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It broke down then
Ah, my sweet nickel ride
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It broke down then
Ah, my sweet nickel ride
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Three for a dime, you break one you win
Step right this way, ladies and gentlemen
We have the little lady right inside if you'd care to know
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