Another Day Another Nickel

[Verse 1]
Morning boots on the floor
Same cracked tin in the drawer
Boss man smiles, says "hold on"
But the clock keeps dragging on
We punch in for a promise
Come home with dust on our palms
And the dinner pot looks hollow
When the rent man comes along
[Pre-Chorus]
Jake says, "Brother, what'd you bring?"
I shake my head, same thing
A pocket full of rain
And a hunger that won't sing
[Chorus]
Another day, another nickel (another nickel)
Another day, another nickel (same old nickel)
We laugh so we don't break
We work and still we ache
Another day, another nickel (another nickel)
Another day, another nickel (poor pay)
[Verse 2]
Marlowe leans on the banister
Says the mill took half our men
Says his girl cut the buttons
Off his Sunday coat again
Tom's got a cough in his chest
From the smoke and the cold
And the man at the corner store
Won't take stories for gold
[Pre-Chorus]
So we tap our shoes in time
Count the cracks in the line
If the world won't give us more
We'll make a little shine
[Chorus]
Another day, another nickel (another nickel)
Another day, another nickel (same old nickel)
We laugh so we don't break
We work and still we ache
Another day, another nickel (another nickel)
Another day, another nickel (poor pay)
[Bridge]
[Sax Solo]
[Clarinet Solo]
Bop, ba-doo, we bend that pain
Bop, ba-doo, we rise again
If the change won't fall our way
We'll sing it out till break of day
[Final Chorus]
Another day, another nickel (another nickel)
Another day, another nickel (same old nickel)
We laugh so we don't break
We work and still we ache
Another day, another nickel (another nickel)
Another day, another nickel (poor pay)
[Outro]
Bop, ba-doo
Another day
Another nickel

Swing jazz with brushed drums, upright bass, piano comping, and a loose late-night club feel; verse rides a smoky conversational groove, pre-chorus tightens with walking bass and clipped horn hits, chorus opens into chantable group vocals, then a sax solo breaks out before a clarinet solo answers in the next break. Lead vocal is warm and weary with low doubles on key lines, gang harmonies on the hook, roomy horn bleed, tasteful tape hiss, and a dry intimate mix with bright bell-like top end., saxophone, jazz, clarinet