Nickel And A Nail - Ruthie Foster

Artist: Ruthie Foster
Album: The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
Label: Blue Corn Music
Year: 2009
Song Title: Nickel And A Nail
Duration: 04:53
Track #: 07


Nickel And A Nail

Mmm,
Oh, I once had love
Oh, and plenty of money
But some way, some how
Lord knows I failed
Oh, yes I did.
Now all, all I have
In my pocket, oh, yeah
All I can give account of
Is a nickel and a nail.

Oh, yeah let me say it again
All I can give account of
Is a nickel and a nail.

Mmm

My friends no no no
They just don't, they just don't know
They sit down in my house
And they think I'm doing swell
But they don't know
Every time I smile, every time I smile, yeah
I jingle
All that they can hear is a nickel and a nail
Oh, that's all it is.

Now a nickel and a nail
Just might save my privacy,
But the need for your sweet lovin
Oh, baby it's got its hooks deep inside of me.

(guitar solo)

Yeah

You said a long time ago
That you're thinking the thrill, the thrill is gone
You said oh, baby, baby
I think you better hit that lonesome, lonesome, lonesome trail
But oh, baby I'm wondering
How do you expect me to make it
Oh, I can't make it far with a nickel and a nail
You know I can't make it far with a nickel and a nail.

Oh, no, oh, baby, it's all I got now, oh, baby
I'm doing my best baby,
I'm trying, I'm trying, I’m trying, I’m trying, to make it
Trying to make it…