90 Cents Away - Joe Fingas

90 Cents Away
Posted on July 16, 2025 by joefingas


1kF. I was lookin’ for a dollar.
All I found was a dime
90 cents away from the Big Time.
And all it takes is a tune,
A hook and a rhyme.
90 cents away from the Big Time.
What can you get for a dollar these days?
Maybe a senior coffee from the fast food down a ways.
I get me one dollar, all the rest will fall in line.
90 cents away from the Big Time.

2. I’ve got me a dream where
I’m livin’ life so fine.
90 cents away from the Big Time.
I know what I want.
I’m gonna work to make it mine.
90 cents away from the Big Time.
I’m in the hole right now.
Knee deep in the red.
I’m gonna make it somehow.


That’s right. That’s what I said.
I’m hotter than the sun and that’s how I’m gonna shine.
90 cents away from the Big Time.

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3.kBb Folks lookin’ at me like I’m blowin’ smoke.
90 cents away from the Big Time.
I don’t care what they see, let them think that I’m a joke.
90 cents away from the Big Time.
I keep lookin’ down hopin’ I will see
Ev’ry coin on the ground lookin’ up at me.
Yeah, dollar after dollar after dollar, I ain’t lyin’.
90 cents away from the Big Time.
90 cents away from the Big Time.

4. Dollar after dollar after dollar and a dime.
90 cents away from the Big Time.