| I used to stand on the corner when I was a child
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| And I would play my guitar and sing as the people went by The sidewalks were crowded, but I’d just sing louder
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| 'Cause I didn’t mind
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| Spending my time
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| Spending my rhymes
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| And singing for nickels and dimes
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| Chorus
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| Nickels and dimes
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| A song at a time
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| For nickels and dimes
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| I’d brighten their day
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| As they’d go on their way
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| As they’d brighten mine
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| A sidewalk rehearsal for dreams that I held in my mind
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| I knew that some day, in my own special way
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| I’d repay all their nickels and dimes
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| I recall the sidewalks each night as I stand on the stage
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| As I play my guitar and sing for the people who pay
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| 'Cause finally I made it to what they all call the Big Time
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| But I still remember I still owe some nickels and dimes
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| Chorus
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| A sidewalk rehearsal for dreams that I held in my mind
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| So if you remember a child on the corner of time
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| You’ll know that I promised to repay your
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| Nickels and dimes
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| Chorus
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| Repeat 4
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| Chorus
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| Repeat 4 |