This is like a songwriter’s theme song. Anybody who’s ever played out, in bars or clubs or on the street, should be able to relate to this, singing for nickels and dimes and bottles of wine and writing songs to order for a dollar ninety-nine. This song has been around for quite a few years and everybody who hears it seems to like it, so I guess it must be pretty catchy and memorable. We were thinking of J.J. Cale when we recorded it, he wrote very simple songs with really catchy rhythms. We wanted to keep it simple. It's kind of a shuffle. Michael Arafeh did a really nice acoustic guitar solo on this one. It’s a good opening track for the album.
lyrics
For Nickels And Dimes
(Bill Naughton, Jr.)
c 2015 Biliolga Music (ASCAP)
I write for a living,
I sing in the corner of this bar, any bar, USA,
People come from miles away,
They drink a little whiskey and they listen to me play,
-chorus-
For nickels and dimes and bottles of wine,
I'll write you a song for a dollar ninety-nine,
Just tell me how you feel,
I've got the words you want to say...
-bridge-
And if you really like the song that I write,
Maybe we can get together some night,
I'll write down the words and teach you the tune,
You can take your song home with you...
I'm never too busy to write something every day,
This song, any song, it's my game,
I've been accused of being insane,
'Cuz I'll grab my guitar and start singing in the rain,
-repeat chorus, bridge, and chorus-
credits
from Songwriter, Volume 2 (15 songs),
released February 19, 2016
Bill Naughton, Jr.: accoustic guitar, ukulele, vocals
Michael Arafeh: accoustic guitar, guitar solo
Jay Miggins: percussion
Michael Arafeh: programming from Band-In-A-Box
Michael Arafeh: recording engineer and producer
Songwriter Bill Naughton, Jr. is a former Nashville radio disc jockey - WSIX and WSM-FM - with two15 track albums of studio
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