Three Nickels And A Dime Song Lyrics and Chords by Leona Williams
Three Nickels And A Dime
Recorded by Leona Williams
Written by Wayne Helton and Leona Williams
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We once were so happy you
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drove the finest cars
We lived in a
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mansion down the street from Frankie'
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Then you started drinking and
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leaving me be
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hind
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money but three
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nickels and a
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dime
Playing the guitars in a
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honky tonk band
It's what you alway
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s wanted but it got out o
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hand
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You drink too much whiskey and
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she drink too much
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wine
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money but three
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nickels and a
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Three
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nickels and a dime is
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all that
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I have
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now
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You took everything
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but I'll get by so
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mehow
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Soon I'll learn to love again an
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d leave the pas
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behind
Someday your memory
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won't be worth thre
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e nickels and
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Repeat #3
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Someday your memory
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won't be worth thre
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e nickels and
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Three Nickels And A Dime?
- The song Three Nickels And A Dime was sang by Leona Williams.
Who is Leona Williams?
- Leona Belle Helton (born January 7, 1943 in Vienna, Missouri, United States) is an American country music singer known professionally as Leona Williams. Active since 1958, Williams has been a backing musician for Loretta Lynn and Merle Haggard and The Strangers. (She and Haggard were married between 1978 and 1983.) She also charted eight times on Hot Country Songs, with her only Top 40 hit being a duet with Haggard titled "The Bull and the Beaver."
