Now I'm not one
to get all excited,
I'm seldom tense and I'm never uptight,
but there's one thing in this world
that really makes me upset,
and that's them coin machines,
them nickel and diamonds,
them out -of -orders,
them work -one -timers,
those nickel -and -dime quarter
-grubbin' monsters.
I mean, how many times
have you had to munch it
so you whip out a dime
for some peanut crunches?
You put it in a slot and you pull the handle,
an d just nothing. So you
cuss and you beat it
till your hand is blue,
you push and you shove
and you kick it with your shoe,
and finally you just walk away
while it's blinking,
thank you, which is machine,
but we just stuck it to you, son.
I'd like to meet the man
who invented the coin machine.
He must have hated mankind
and every other living thing.
I bet he had a motto on
his wall in frozen rime
Sayin' you get nothin' for a nickel,
twice as much for a dime
Well, they'll of fer you cigarettes,
soft drinks, cigars, barbecue, potato chips
And all kind of candy bars,
peanuts, popcorn,
Cracker Jacks and Red Hots
And you can pay a quarter
for a nickel cone,
get a throwaway razor
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A shot of cologne, get a bash you shine
That even polishes your socks
But I think the worst of those
You see with the glass
where you can see what you want
But you can bet your donkey
that ain't no way short
Of a blowtorch
you're gonna get nothing out of that
Then how about those
on the men's room wall?
Boys, you know what I mean
You have seen them all
And when you lose six bits
in one of them boogers
You're just too embarrassed to complain
So you just kinda go home by yourself
I'd like to meet the man
who invented the coin machine
Well, he must have hated mankind
and every other living thing
I bet he had a motto
on his wall in frozen rhyme
Sayin' you get nothin' for a nickel,
twice as much for a
dime
Now, I heard this story
about a fella one time
who certainly is a hero of mine
He ranks right up there
with John Wayne,
Burke Reynolds
and Merle Haggard
Seemed there was a certain
soft drink machine
that was rustin' old camp tankers
and mean and it took him
but just one too many quarters
and his mind snapped.
So he went out to his car
and looked up under the seat
and he whipped out a .45,
clean and neat.
He walked up to that machine
and said, hand that over son,
it's your last chance.
Then he plugged that thing
about three or four times
right up un der that blinkin'
have a coke sign.
Then he just coughed and spit
a four hundred dollars worth of
quarters and died.
The judge called his self defense.
I'd like to meet the man
who invented the coin machine
Well, he must have hated mankind
an d every other living thing
I bet he had a motto
on his wall in frozen rhyme
Said, you get nothing for a nickel,
twice as much for a dime