Hundred dollar bill Songtext

von Mike West

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Der Songtext "Hundred Dollar Bill" von Mike West erzählt die Geschichte einer Begegnung mit einem Fremden, der dem Sänge...

He was practically a stranger
And not particularly drunk
When he took a hundred dollar bill
And put it in my cup
I don't see ben franklin
Too often in this place
But george washington
Now there's a familiar face
So I took that hundred dollar bill
And put it in my pocket
Like a photograph of an old lover
Like hair in a locket

It felt so crisp and new
And it crinkled as i's walking
I took it out to show my friends
Got everybody talking
About my hundred dollar bill
Given by stranger
And everyone was envious
They said "mike, money's gonna change you."
But I could not bare to break it
Into twenties, fives and ones
'cause it was something sacred
Like the memory of someone
So I kept that hundred dollar bill
Safely in my pocket
Like a photograph of an old lover
Like hair in a locket

But in my heart I knew
It was only a hundred dollar bill
The barman had a stack of them
In the drawer beneath his till
So when it was late and I was out of cash
And wanting one more wine
I took out that big old 'c' note
For the last time
And I paid it to the barman
He gave me twenties, fives and ones
Correct change and a glass of wine
But somehow I felt i'd been done
See, I missed that hundred dollar bill
Folded in my pocket
Like a photograph of an old lover
Like hair in a locket

Now i'm broke again
But i've got this song I wrote
I turned a hundred dollar bill
Into a tune with an anecdote
So I could sit up on this stool
And sing it in this bar
Hoping that a stranger
Will put something in my jar
Like a photograph of an old lover
Like hair in a locket
If I get a hundred dollar bill
I'm gonna keep it in my pocket