Five Dollar Bill-Corb Lund Band

[ti:Five Dollar Bill] [ar:Corb Lund] [al:Five Dollar Bill] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Five Dollar Bill - Corb Lund Band [00:00.46]I wrote my new song on a five dollar bill [00:02.80]But I won't be able to you sing it until [00:05.08]I get hot on the trail for to pick up the track [00:07.85]Of the dirty little thief and get my five bucks back [00:10.47] [00:12.32]I first got the five dollars from a Montana man [00:14.99]When he come across the line with a pistol in his hand [00:17.49]He said gimme all your money but I got his first [00:20.01]And I took his Colts too and the whole first verse [00:22.62] [00:24.24]You see you couldn't buy liquor in the States back then [00:26.92]So we saddled up the ponies and we loaded up the gin [00:29.60]Rode underneath the shadow of the grande Old Chief [00:32.00]To git northern Rocky Mountain kinda tax relief [00:34.44] [00:35.31]You couldn't count on the cattle when the market got down [00:37.96]And the veterinary bills to the doctor in town [00:40.41]Both kids needed shoes and they had to get fed [00:43.02]And a big old bank lien was over my head [00:45.49] [00:47.51]I wrote my new song on a five dollar bill [00:50.08]But I won't be able to you sing it until [00:52.46]I get hot on the trail for to pick up the track [00:55.19]Of the dirty little thief and get my five bucks back [00:57.55] [01:00.00]They wouldn't stop talking about Canadian rye [01:01.99]Bouquet and the palate and it's crisp and it's dry [01:04.81]In a Seagrams bottle tasted mighty top shelf [01:07.14]I said well thank you very much sir I cooked it myself [01:10.14]Of course that didn't wash with the boys down south [01:12.95]Judging by the stream of color coming out of their mouth [01:15.47]I can't figure why 'cause where I stood [01:17.75]It got them just as damn drunk as any store bought would [01:20.64] [01:22.66]I wrote my new song on a five dollar bill [01:25.08]But I won't be able to sing it until [01:27.57]I get hot on the trail for to pick up the track [01:30.21]Of the dirty little thief and get my five bucks back [01:32.77] [01:49.05]Well he come storming cross the border with six or eight guys [01:51.86]Some damn fool saw fit to deputize [01:54.55]But there weren't no sheriff nor a marshall in sight [01:56.73]I guess the lawman was up drinking whiskey all night [01:59.81]He said give me all your money but I got his first [02:02.57]And I took his Colts too and the whole third verse [02:05.26]He picked my back pocket worked the five bucks loose [02:07.64]I had tucked in behind a can of Copenhagen [02:09.96] [02:12.54]I wrote my new song on a five dollar bill [02:14.89]But I won't be able to sing it until [02:17.37]I get hot on the trail for to pick up the track [02:19.95]Of the dirty little thief and get my five bucks back [02:22.38] [02:23.23]The dirty little double dealing son-of-a-gun-of-a song [02:25.50]Stealing chicken eating thief [02:26.72]And get my five bucks back