OLD FIVE AND DIMERS LIKE ME
(Billy Joe Shaver)


Billy Joe Shaver - 1973





I've spent a lifetime makin' up my mind to be
More than the measure of what I thought others could see
Good luck and fast bucks are too far and too few between
Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers like me

She stood beside me letting me know she would be
Something to lean on when everything ran out on me
Fenced yards ain't hold cards and like as not never will be
The reasons for rhymers and old five and dimers like me

It's taken me so long, now then I know I believe
All that I do or say is all I ever will be
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me
Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to see
An old five and dimer is all I intended to be






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2012)