Twenty Dollar Jim

Once a week he´d come into the nightclub

And he´d walk across the dance floor to a table just for two

And he could write a book on being blue

Well he´d order up a single for his baby

Then order up a double just for him

And the band just called him Twenty Dollar Jim

He never said just why or where she went

And left him with his mind about half bent

The band could see him going through the motion

A talking to someone who´d gone away

He´d stagger to the bandstand and he´d say

Singer won´t you sing me back to baby

Help me make it through this crazy world of mine

Here´s a twenty for a love song for my baby

Singer won´t you sing me back to baby one more time

And the story read he drank himself to death

Of how he spoke her name with every breath

In the name of love I bought some pretty flowers

Then I took them down and left them there with him

When I said goodbye to Twenty Dollar Jim

Singer won´t you sing me back to baby

Help me make it through this crazy world of mine

Here´s a twenty for a love song for my baby

Singer won´t you sing me back to baby one more time

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