SILVER DOLLAR

© Lyrics by Dov Hammer , music by Danny Zuckerman

 

I wish I had a silver dollar for every time I called your name

I wish I had a silver dollar for every time you caused me pain

I would buy cars and houses, I would buy the finest wines

Maybe I could buy your love back, maybe I could make you mine

 

I wish I had a drink of whiskey for every time you put me down

I wish I had a drink of whiskey for every time I played the clown

I would get so fine and drunk, I would party, sing and shout

Then I could forget the way that you have turned my life around

 

I wish I had a song to sing, a song to drive my blues away

I wish I had a song to sing, a song to make you change your ways

I would sing all through the night, I would sing all through the day

I would sing a song so sad; it would make your hair turn grey

 

I wish that I could travel a mile for every day since you’ve been gone

I wish that I could travel a mile for every time you done me wrong

I would travel around the world, from Baton Rouge down to Hong Kong

East to west and north to south, everyone would hear my song

 

I wish I had a silver bullet, a wooden stake or a mojo hand

I wish I knew a voodoo woman, an exorcist or a medicine man

Maybe they could help me somehow; maybe they could help me see

Maybe they could help to break the spell that you have put on me