If I Didn't Have a Dime (To Play the Jukebox)

Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney

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Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988), also known by the nickname 'The Big O', was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of "In Dreams" in David Lynch's Blue Velvet revived his career in the 1980s. In 1988, he joined the supergroup Traveling… more »


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2000
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If I didn't have a dime and I didn't take the time
To play the jukebox
Oh, Saturday night would've been a sad
And lonely night for me

And if you weren't standin' there
Ruby lips and golden hair, beside the jukebox
Oh, I'd have lost my chance
To hold you while you danced with me

While the records turn and turn, we danced
And learned our hearts had yearned for this
'Neath the moon we walked and walked and talked
Of love and then we kissed

Now with every sweet caress
Oh, my darling how I bless that little jukebox
Oh, love songs that they sing
Wouldn't mean a single thing

Even though you're standing there
Ruby lips and golden hair
If I didn't have a dime and I didn't take the time
To play the jukebox

Now with every sweet caress
Oh, my darling how I bless that little jukebox
Oh, love songs that they sing
Wouldn't mean a single thing

Even though you're standing there
Ruby lips and golden hair
If I didn't have a dime and I didn't take the time
To play the jukebox

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