(GorneyHarburg)

Once I built a railroad, I made it run

I made it run against time

Once I built a railroad, and now it's done

Buddy, can you spare a dime?



Once I built a tower way up to the sun

Of bricks and morter and lime

Once I built a tower, and now it's done

Buddy can you spare a dime?



Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell

Full of that Yankee-Doodlee-Dum

A half-a-million boots went sloggin' through hell

And I was the kid with the drum



Say don't you remember, you called me Al

It was Al all the time

Say don't you remember, I was your pal

Buddy, can you spare a dime?



Once I built a railroad, I made it run

I made it run against time

Once I built a railroad, and now it's done

Buddy, can you spare a dime?