A Nickel's Bigger Than a Dime

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A NICKEL'S BIGGER THAN A DIME
(Fisher/Pierson/Morrison)

Said your name was Larry
Said your name was Flo
Said your name was what again?
Man I must be slow
Said your name was hey, a cow
And took off with my phone

Said your name was Turbo & I took you at your word
Man that's got to be the dumbest name I've ever heard

I like a name for things
(I like names)
And things in their place
But names are things
That you like to erase

I find your nomenclature obviates my mind
(Nom-en-cla-ture)
A nickel's bigger than a dime

Said your name was Alex
Written in italics
Said your name was Classified
Said your name was Andy
And drank up all my brandy

Why do you even have a name I'd like to know
Is there some place without a name to which you go?

You take the words away
(Words away)
Before they're even mine
And splash them on a giant neon sign

I can't decipher it
(Shine - shine - shine - shine)
But my how it shines
A nickel's bigger than a dime

Let's make a deal
Here's where I sign
Here's where you sign
That makes it real
Doesn't it?
Doesn't it?

And when you vaporize
(Vaporizing)
It doesn't even rhyme
A nickel's bigger than a dime
That's what you tell me every time
A nickel's bigger than a dime

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from A Nickel's Bigger Than a Dime (album), track released December 18, 2019
Written & arranged by Robert Fisher, Robert Pierson, & David Morrison.

Performed by David Morrison.

A Rat Palace Production.

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David Morrison Wimberley, Texas

Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer. Occasional guest vocalist w/The Rudy Schwartz Project, Farrago Ensemble, The Able Sea & others. Has played hundreds of solo & band shows & been
featured on Church of the Subgenius show. Coproduced the Glimmer Blinkken's Golden Days & mixed the Mustn'ts EP. Currently w/the Lemon Settlement & the Swangles. Runs Rat Palace Recording. ... more

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