Dollar Got the Blues

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18, 1924 — September 10, 2005) was an American musician from Louisiana and Texas. He is best known for his work as a blues musician, but embraced other styles of music, having "spent his career fighting purism by synthesizing old blues, country, jazz, Cajun music and R&B styles" His work also encompasses rock and roll, rock music, folk, electric blues, and Texas blues. more »

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dollar got the blues
gettin lower every day
dollar got the blues
gettin lower every day
i wanna do something about it
folks if i only had my way

used to be 2 for 1
now it's 1 for 2
used to be 2 for 1
now it's 1 for 2
what in the world are we poor people gonna do?

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Written by: C BROWN

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