["Daylaid
Short"]
Well, I'm a daylaid the dollar short, daylaid the dollar short,
daylaid the dollar short, and I got no time at all.
Well, I hitchhiked for three thousand
miles to see the one I love so dear.
They said she married yesterday,
and a rich man married her.
Well, I'm a tail late to dollar short, tail late to dollar short,
tail late to dollar short...
And I got no time at all.
Well, they told me I should go out
west, out to a booming town,
But when I finally got there, well,
the boom had just died down.
Well, I'm a tail late to dollar short,
tail late to dollar short, tail late to dollar short...
I ain't got no time at all.
But then the fortune hit me,
I was caught up on a quiz.
I answered every question.
Man, I was a whiz.
But when they went to pay me,
a man dressed up so fine,
he said, wait a minute, buddy,
you forgot to give me mine.
I said, crazy, what a joker.
Now tell me, who are you?
He said, I'm from the
Department of
Internal
Revenue.
Ah, but he was a generous man.
He didn't go too far.
He let me keep enough to
buy myself an old guitar.
So then I went to playin' and singin' country style. I really did all right,
or at least for a while.
But then the trend changed,
and rock and roll moved in.
Now I'm a daylady down the shore,
and buddy, I'm out again.
And, well, I'm a daily pedometer short, daily pedometer short,
daily pedometer short, and I got no time at all.