original country song
Story behind the song
Here's a song I worked on with Travis Watson, I loved this song when he first showed it to me and asked me to work on it with him. Thanks, Travis for letting me be a part of "The Nickel Man"
Lyrics
The Nickel Man
(Travis Watson and Buz Hart)
Copyright (C) 2022
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY
LOVED TO VISIT GRANDPA EVERY TIME I COULD
TO THE WORLD HE WAS JUST A MAN
BUT TO ME, HIS BIGGEST FAN
HE WAS THE NICKEL MAN
IF YOU PULLED UP IN HIS DRIVE
YOU COULD SEE HE WORKED SO HARD FOR EVERYTHING
BUT HE DIDN’T THINK TWICE
ABOUT THAT NICKEL IN HIS HAND
HE WAS THE NICKEL MAN
CHORUS
HE WOULD PLACE THAT OLD NICKEL IN MY HAND
HE WOULD SMILE AT ME AND TELL ME ONCE AGAIN
THIS OLD NICKEL HERE YA’ KNOW AIN’T WORTH A DIME
THERE’S MORE TO JUDGING VALUES
THAN WITH JUST A DOLLAR SIGN
HE WAS THE NICKEL MAN
MANY YEARS LATER
I LEARNED THAT THE NICKEL MAN HAD PASSED AWAY
TO A BETTER PLACE ON THE OTHER SIDE, OH I CRIED
THINKING ABOUT HIM
RAN ACROSS MY BUFFALO NICKEL COLLECTION
IN MY NICKEL BOOK
I ALMOST OVERLOOKED
A NOTE FROM THE NICKEL MAN
HE SAID YOU KNOW I PLACED THOSE NICKELS IN YOUR HAND
WHEN YOU’RE ALL GROWN UP I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
WASN’T JUST NICKELS I WAS PLACING IN YOUR HAND
THE VALUE WASN’T MONEY, IT’S THE LOVE INSIDE A MAN
THE NICKEL MAN
CHORUS
HE WOULD PLACE THAT OLD NICKEL IN MY HAND
HE WOULD SMILE AT ME AND TELL ME ONCE AGAIN
THIS OLD NICKEL HERE
IT’LL STAND THAT TEST OF TIME
HE WAS THE MOST LOVING MAN
I’VE EVER KNOWN IN MY LIFE
HE WAS THE NICKEL MAN
THE NICKEL MAN
THE NICKEL MAN