Brother, Can You Spare A Dime

Once I built a railroad, made it run Made it race against time Once I built a railroad, now it's done Brother, can you spare a dime? Once I built a tower to the sun Bricks, rivet and lime Once I built a tower now it's done Brother, can you spare a dime? Once in cocky suits Gee, we looked swell Full of that Yankee Doodle-dom Half a million boots they went Slogging through hell And I, I was a kid with a drum Say, don't you remember They called me Al It was Al all the time Say, don't you remember I'm your pal Buddy, can you spare a dime?