Old Five And Dimers Like Me - Tom T. Hall

I’ve spent the lifetime making up my mind to be

More than the measure of what I thought others could see

Good luck and fast bucks they’re too few and too far between

There’s catalog buyers and old five and dimers like me

She stood beside me letting me know she would be

Something to lean on when everything ran out on me

Well fenced yards ain’t hole cards and like is not never will be

The reason for rhymers and old five and dimers like me

Well it’s taking me so long now that I know I believe

All that I do or say is all I ever will be

Too far and too high and too deep ain’t too much to see

Too much ain’t enough for old five and dimers like me

An old five and dimer is all I intended to be

You know country people don’t shine their boots very often

And they don’t shine other folks' boots either, thank you