Blackie & the Rodeo Kings - For The Sake Of A Dollar lyrics

Once there was a miner

who held down his job

'til one day he died from

the fate of his God

Now his wife she did mourn him

'til the collectors came around

and stole all his possessions

before they buried him down

Now his wife and his children

pay the rent with their tears

They live alone with one another

wake late at night with their fears

Cause the money ain't nothing

to the rich man in town

but for the sake of a dollar

they let the whole family drown

The old man had wrote out

all the things he had saved

He said he'd saved them a gold mine

but it was all in his head

And one solemn child

who had been born that year

he was brought up with the memories

of the feelings and the fears

Now his wife and his children.

The bartender's arms shook

as he poured one more round

He said he'd heard many stories

and was I long in the town

Well I paid up my dollar

and I laughed as I did

I said I'm one of the family

though I've long kept it hid

Now I'm older an tired now

and I've travelled around

I slept in many dark cities

I've been jailed in small towns

and my father would tell you

if he'd lived to this day

that if life be a gamble

let blood be the stakes