| Once i built a railroad, i made it run
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| I made it run against time
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| Once i built a railroad, and now it’s done
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| Buddy, can you spare a dime?
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| Once i built a tower way up to the sun
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| Of bricks and morter and lime
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| Once i built a tower, and now it’s done
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| Buddy can you spare a dime?
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| Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell
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| Full of that yankee-doodlee-dum
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| A half-a-million boots went sloggin' through hell
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| And i was the kid with the drum
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| Say don’t you remember, you called me al
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| It was al all the time
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| Say don’t you remember, i was your pal
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| Buddy, can you spare a dime?
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| Once i built a railroad, i made it run
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| I made it run against time
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| Once i built a railroad, and now it’s done
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| Buddy, can you spare a dime? |