LET ME HAVE A QUARTER

from Back Then by Loose Change

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LET ME HAVE A QUARTER

At ten pm, five little gypsies
Down from the Martinique
Make their way, from that welfare cage
To the money pit Penn Station
See our future, begging and stealing
Running wild like dogs
The beat cop says, we’re zoo keepers here
It’s a sorry situation

(chorus)
Hey man, let me have a quarter…
Hear the children sing

Toss them out, like a pair of old shoes
Bounce them from bed to bed
A desperate band, these urban nomads
Street kids of the big city
When you’re hungry your values change fast
Don’t blame the child that commits the crime
Hear their cries, oh, city fathers
May your system have pity

(chorus)

It’s an all-night theatre where the weirdos roam
An all night stand off
For the New York generation
It’s an under-world exploit or be exploited
Ride the down bound train
With a ticket to no destination

(chorus)

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from Back Then, released September 1, 2022
Drums - Joe Fusco
Guitar and Backing Vocals - Frank Fusco
Bass and Backing Vocals - Jim Falco
Lead and Backing Vocals, Keys, Guitar - Doug Martines

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