Crime of the Century

[Verse 1]
Headin' down to Railroad Avenue
Hang out at the Doc Holliday saloon
Waitin' for a train to take you away
Your few good friends came to say goodbye
Pitcher of beer and a pizza pie
Waitin' for a train to take you away

[Chorus]
Headin' out across state lines
Makes it a federal crime
When you're stealin' music back from the man
Singin' it across the land
You headed out to save the world
Wound up drunk and chasin' girls
Buddy, can you spare a dime
For the crime of the century?

[Verse 2]
Slap a quarter down on the track
Let the 4:19 squash it flat
Waitin' for a train to take you away
Throw a silver dollar 'cross the Potomac River
Cross thе Delaware in the dеad of winter
Gets you on a quarter—squashed by a train

[Chorus]
But George Washington never looked so fine
But defacin' money is a federal crime
So is stealin' music back from the man
Singin' it across the land
You headed out to save the world
Wound up drunk and chasin' girls
Buddy, can you spare a dime
For the crime of the century?

[Verse 3]
You made it to Chicago to Union Station
Got a union card, you're a union musician
Waitin' for a train to take you away
But times got hard and you're playin' on the corner
Nickels and dimes, the occasional quarter
Waitin' for a train to take you away

[Chorus]
Got an American flag lapel pin on
This land is your land, my land is gone
Stealin' music back from the man
Singin' it across the land
You headed out to save the world
Wound up drunk and chasin' girls
Buddy, can you spare a dime
For the crime of the century?
Buddy, can you spare a dime
For the crime of the century?