Five Dollar Bill-Corb Lund

[ti:Five Dollar Bill] [ar:Corb Lund] [al:Counterfeit Blues] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.48]I wrote my new song on a five dollar bill [00:03.35]But I won't be able to sing it until [00:05.45]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 [00:10.70] [00:12.09]I first got the five dollars from a Montana man [00:14.65]When he come across the line with a pistol in his hand [00:16.81]He said gimme all your money but I got to his first [00:19.51]And I took his Colts too and the whole first verse [00:22.31] [00:23.82]You see you couldn't buy liquor in the States back then [00:26.21]So we saddled up the ponies and we loaded up the gin [00:28.73]Rode underneath the shadow of the grande Old Chief [00:31.05]To git northern Rocky Mountain kinda tax relief [00:33.57] [00:34.24]You couldn't count on the cattle when the market got down [00:36.75]And the veterinary bills to the doctor in town [00:39.32]Both kids needed shoes and they had to get fed [00:41.59]And a big old bank lien was over my head [00:44.33] [00:46.06]I wrote my new song on a five dollar bill [00:48.37]But I won't be able to sing it until [00:50.71]I get hot on the trail for to pick up the track [00:53.23]Of the dirty little thief and get my five bucks back [00:55.85] [00:57.69]They wouldn't stop talking about Canadian rye [01:00.43]Bouquet and the palate and it's crisp and it's dry [01:02.90]In a Seagrams bottle tasted mighty top shelf [01:05.09]I said "well thank you very much sir I cooked it myself" [01:08.16]Of course that didn't wash with the boys down south [01:10.65]Judging by the stream of color coming out of their mouth [01:13.29]I can't figure why cuz from where I stood [01:15.41]It got 'em just as damn drunk as any store bought would [01:18.50] [01:20.20]I wrote my new song on a five dollar bill [01:22.42]But I won't be able to sing it until [01:24.73]I get hot on the trail for to pick up the track [01:27.31]Of the dirty little thief and get my five bucks back [01:29.92] [01:45.75]Well he come stormin' cross the border with six or eight guys [01:48.35]Some damn fool saw fit to deputize [01:50.82]But there weren't no sheriff nor a marshall in sight [01:53.14]I guess the lawman was up drinkin' whiskey all night [01:56.47]He said gimme all your money but I got to his first [01:58.89]And I took his Colts too and the whole third verse [02:01.39]He picked my back pocket worked the five bucks loose [02:03.67]I had tucked in behind a can of Copenhagen [02:06.39] [02:08.43]I wrote my new song on a five dollar bill [02:10.69]But I won't be able to sing it until [02:12.80]I get hot on the trail for to pick up the track [02:15.52]Of the dirty little thief and get my five bucks back [02:18.12] [02:18.82]The dirty little double dealing son-of-a-gun-of-a song stealin' chicken eatin' thief [02:22.35]And get my five bucks back