OLD FIVE AND DIMERS (LIKE ME)

(Billy Joe Shaver)

I've spent the lifetime 

Making up my mind to be
More than the measure 

Of what I thought others could see
Good luck and fast bucks 

Are too far and too few between
Catalogue buyers and old five and dimers like me

She stood beside me 

Letting me know she would be
Something to lean on 

When everything ran out on me
Fenced yards ain't hole cards 

And like is not never will be
Reason for rhymers and old five and dimers like me

It's taking me so long 

And now that I know I believe
All that I do or say 

Is all I ever will be
Too far and too high 

And too deep ain't too much to be
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me

Yeah, an old five and dimer is all I really meant to be