songs that mention coins

I can't forget one of the best blues guitarists that ever lived. The Master of the Telecaster Albert Collins in "My Mind is Trying to Leave Me"

"I went to the local barber and ordered ham and eggs
Each barber gave me fifty cents cuz they thought I was trying to beg
And I started crying like a baby
Like any fool would do
You see my woman gone and left me
And now my mind it trying to leave me too"

 

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Gene Wilson singing "14 Carat Mind"

I still recall the morning that I met you
Standing out in front of Wilson's five and dime
Staring through the window at the jewelry
Hungry for the things you couldn't buy
Just like a fool I thought that I could please you
I saw you had an eye for things that shine
I paid seven saw mill dollars for a bracelet
Just to satisfy your fourteen carat mind.

CHORUS
Layin' by these railroad tracks in Denver
With a hurtin' head and a half a pint of wine
Everything except my soul has been surrendered
Just to satisfy your fourteen carat mind.

The cabin that I built in West Virginia
Was not enough to keep you satisfied
'Cause a man that's got a saw mill occupation
Can't afford to feed a rich girls' appetite
I wonder if you're still with Willie Jackson
Sometimes I wonder if he's still alive
Ol' Willie he gave up his wife and children
Just to satisfy your fourteen carat mind.

CHORUS

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Lionel Ritchie - Penny Lover. (Well, he never explicitly says it ISN'T a penny)

For you old-timers: "Put another nickel in, in the nickel-o-deon"

 

MY 100th POST!!!!!!


Ok, here is a really good one. Can't believe no one came up with this yet.

Allman Brothers/Midnight Rider


I got to run to keep from hiding
And I'm bound to keep on riding
And I've got one more silver dollar
But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no
Not gonna let them catch the midnight rider

 

Doesn't Kenny Rogers' 'The Gambler' contain references to money?

Aidan.

 

Money yes, specific coins, no.

"You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done."

 

Great tune from a great band. Wish I had thought of it!

 

Yes, can't wait to see them this year on tour, they are playing with another GREAT band, Ratdog.

 

Wow, I must be getting old. Don't listen to the radio too much these days and have never heard of Ratdog. The Allman Brothers, on the other hand, are icons. Based in blues and southern jams.

If you haven't already check out some good blues shows do so. They are the roots.

 

Jethro Tull - Broadford Bazaar

Chorus starts with:

"And it's All come willing now,
Spend a shilling now,"

 

The jam at the end of Blues Brothers 2000 is one of the most loaded stages you'll ever see for blues. Gonna have to go rent that movie again, even if the wife won't watch it with me.

 

I have a Grateful Dead show (video) from 1978 with the Blues Brothers perfoming. Dan looked a little tipsy.

 

Pity for a Dime - Creed

 

money.... pink floyd...you can here the register....

 

Ok here's another stretch, Penny Lane The Beatles!!

 

Penny Serenaid. May be spelled wrong. Ever notice how many coin people say there is no such thing as a penny, they are cents. They should read this post. Lots of Pennies but no CENTS. Wonder how it would sound saying Cents from Heaven?

 

Which would also exclude "Pennies From Heaven"... well, except in the UK...

 

" I love rock and roll, so put another dime in the jukebox baby"


Who sings that?