Nickel In The Jar

from Acoustic Cut by STEVE.E

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This song is dedicated to all the great street musicians I've encountered around the globe. Many thanks to Anton 'Maestro' Mullan for arranging the tune, playing on it and producing great backing vocals by Sylvia Daley. Cheers to my bro Chris Elliott for adding keyboards. Props to Alexey Kravtsov for laying down awesome live drums. Finally, gratitude to the muse that inspired this song. Peace, love and rock on...x

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Nickel in the Jar

I don’t play this song for money,
I don’t play for praise.
And I don’t care if they don’t like it,
Gonna play it anyway.

And if you want to go that far,
Put a nickel in the jar…
Put a nickel in the jar.

I don’t work for the corporation
And the pittance that they pay.
I gotta satisfy my soul
And let my fingers play.

And if you want to go that far,
Put a nickel in the jar…
Put a nickel in the jar.

And I will sit here all day long
Strumming on my favourite song.
I don’t care if they don’t like it,
I don’t care what they say.
I don’t care if they don’t buy it,
Gonna play it anyway…
Gonna play it anyway.

I don’t wanna be the next big deal,
A puppet on a string.
I just play it cos I like it,
It don’t mean a thing.

I don’t play this song for money,
I don’t play for praise.
And I don’t care if they don’t like it,
Gonna play it anyway.

And if you want to go that far,
Put a nickel in the jar…
Put a nickel in the jar.

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from Acoustic Cut, released April 27, 2017
Written, performed & produced by Steve Elliott
Arranged by Anton Mullan

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Singer-songwriter from London. Advocate of real instruments & musicians all playing together at the same time. News, views and grooves at stevee.ru

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