Nickel & Dime
(c) Sofia Echegaray, 2008
well if you need dough, you can get an amount
down at the pawn shop, but you’ll never get it out
it’s like a Hotel California for your bank account
and you know the grocery store don’t come around here
it’s the poor part, they only sell beer
you’re payin through the nose and you’re payin dear
cause you’re stuck right here:
(Chorus)
Nickel and Dime, Nickel and Dime
oh, it’s profit-takin time
you’re payin more to be poor
Nickel and Dime, Nickel and Dime
life’s getting more like the Company Store
all the time
you pay sixteen times, and what do you get
another late fee and more debt
I’m payin charges on my charges on my fines
well it’s just a Poor Tax that’s what it is
they call it something new
when they pretend they ain’t screwin you
but someone’s getting rich offa this
and that somebody ain’t you…
Chorus
(Bridge)
and how you gonna pay the rent?
when you’re payin the pawn shop…two hundred forty per cent?
and every penny goes to feed The Beast
writin six six six on your checks next week
they used to have a word for it
they used to have a law for it
but that’s a thing of the past, don’t know where it went to
if you find it, look around for your government, too
now you’re payin late, cause they changed your due date
now look out! here comes your new interest rate
but it’s not your fate to always toe the line
they don’t want you free, that’s their plan
why you think people always callin them “the Man” –
but we can break these chains, yes we can
Nickel and Dime, Nickel and Dime
no more profit-takin time
I’m getting sick and tired
of being Nickel and Dimed
we can break these chains that bind
free ourselves this time
use our mind to break free this time
from the Nickel and Dime.
CREDITS:
Vocals: Sofía Echegaray
Guitar: Carolyn Wonderland
Harmony Vocals: Shelley King
Bass: Glenn Fukunaga
Percussion / Producer: Paul Pearcy
Vocal Coach: Mady Kaye
Engineering: East Side Flash at Flashpoint Recording Studio
Patron / Executive Producer: Eileen O’Grady
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