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A Dime and a Quarter

from Air, Fire, Water by The Plastic E-Gulls

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On a street, there's a box round the corner
Waiting for someone to step inside
And it asks for a dime and a quarter
The door is shut and now begins the ride
A vacuum puts a disc on a table
A needle lowers and begins to carve
A light goes on, and noise goes through the cables
The speaker couldn't do anything else but starve

He sang a song he hoped would be two minutes or so
It couldn't be any longer or shorter
The song is done, the needle lifts, the disc comes out below
Not bad for a dime and a quarter

The man he took an interest of that little booth he found
He went back again and again
In no time at all, he had a repertoire of songs
and saw that it was time to tell some friends
Billy said it should be on a label
Danny said he wanted to hear more
A music company sent to him a contract
The starving man prepared for his encore

He sang his songs, that mostly were two minutes or so
They couldn't be any longer or shorter
Concert halls, theaters, television and oh
All thanks to a dime and a quarter

And so our man went through a rags-to-riches story
The million dollars pile on and on
But you can't match his fortune and glory
Cause sad to say, his record booth is gone.

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from Air, Fire, Water, released August 30, 2015

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The Plastic E-Gulls New York, New York

A (virtual) East End-based garage band consisting of three childhood friends and a clone, they now live in the heart of Long Island City, a short train ride away from the Big Apple.

Ian Furelli (guitar)
Tina Furelli (bass)
Ellen Blinstone (keyboard)
Brian O'Feeny (drums)

Created by Thomas Fay
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