A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Any More-Pete Seeger/Tom Glazer/Hays/Wood

[ti:A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Any More] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:Protest Songs Of America] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Any More - Pete Seeger/Tom Glazer/Hays/Wood [00:03.98]I was feeling kinda hungry [00:05.59]So I thought I'd buy some bread [00:06.94] [00:07.45]I went into the corner grocery store [00:09.05] [00:10.47]I took out the usual money [00:12.19]But the grocer shook his head [00:13.81]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore [00:15.66] [00:17.13]Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to [00:20.32]Don't buy what it used to [00:22.04]Don't buy what it used to [00:24.14]A dollar hill don't buy what it used to [00:27.29]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore [00:29.35] [00:30.87]Now I live in a rooming house [00:32.59]My room is awful small [00:33.57] [00:34.16]As a matter of fact it's only two by four [00:36.23] [00:37.21]But the landlord raised my rent [00:38.48]And now I'm living in the wall [00:40.03] [00:40.69]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore [00:42.41] [00:43.93]Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to [00:47.25]Don't buy what it used to [00:48.98]Don't buy what it used to [00:50.73]A dollar hill don't buy what it used to [00:54.09]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore [00:56.21] [00:57.61]Here's a lesson in arithmetics: [00:59.45]Now one and one make two [01:00.52] [01:01.15]And it is true that two and two make four [01:03.12] [01:03.82]But when the prices get higher [01:05.80]Why arithmetic's a liar [01:07.57]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore [01:09.43] [01:10.93]Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to [01:14.23]Don't buy what it used to [01:15.77]Don't buy what it used to [01:17.87]A dollar hill don't buy what it used to [01:21.03]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore [01:23.05] [01:24.41]From the tree that grows [01:25.41]In Brooklyn to the Gulf of Mexico [01:27.20] [01:28.00]From Florida out to the western shore [01:29.69] [01:30.86]We'll take Congress by the collar [01:32.58]"Roll those prices back " we'll holler [01:34.41]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore [01:36.32] [01:37.79]Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to [01:41.01]Don't buy what it used to [01:42.88]Don't buy what it used to [01:44.83]Oh a dollar hill don't buy what it used to [01:47.76]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore [01:49.96] [01:51.14]So it you wanna learn a lesson; [01:52.98]If you really wanna see [01:54.06] [01:54.65]If you wanna solve your problems by the score [01:56.70] [01:58.07]Fight your economic battles with the good old C I 0 [02:01.36]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore [02:03.36] [02:04.85]Oh a dollar bill don't buy what it used to [02:07.89]Don't buy what it used to [02:09.79]Don't buy what it used to [02:11.93]Oh a dollar hill don't buy what it used to [02:14.65]'Cause a dollar ain't a dollar anymore