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Cover of Five Dollar Scratch-Off Luck

Track 1 of the EP Folding Tables · 2023

Five Dollar Scratch-Off Luck

by Josie Marlowe

“I found a five-dollar bill in my winter coat and bought a scratch-off. I did not win, but the clerk and I had a good laugh.”

country · gas-station country · playful twang · 3:03

Lyrics

Found a five-dollar bill in my winter coat
Bought a scratch-off ticket at the Gas-N-Go
Scraped it with a quarter on the hood of the truck
Three little cherries in a row

Now it ain't a fortune
It ain't a house on the hill

But I won forty dollars and I feel like a king
Buy the whole crowd a round of anything
Small luck, sweet luck, shining like a dime
Forty dollar miracle on a Tuesday night
Come on, spin me round, I'm feeling fine
Small luck, sweet luck, it's mine all mine

Cashier rang the bell like I'd robbed the bank
Old man in the corner stood up to clap
I bought him a coffee and a honey bun
And we toasted to the luck on the map

Now it ain't a fortune
It ain't a house on the hill

But I won forty dollars and I feel like a king
Buy the whole crowd a round of anything
Small luck, sweet luck, shining like a dime
Forty dollar miracle on a Tuesday night
Come on, spin me round, I'm feeling fine
Small luck, sweet luck, it's mine all mine

Some folks chase the big one all their lives
I'll take the little win and the cherry-red grin
Spent the whole thing on a dance and a slice of pie
And I'd do it all over again

Oh, the jackpot's a story for somebody else
Mine's a coin and a laugh and a friend
When the small things shine, you can tell the whole town
That the good times don't have to end

Yes I won forty dollars and I feel like a king
Buy the whole crowd a round of anything
Small luck, sweet luck, shining like a dime
Forty dollar miracle on a Tuesday night
Come on, spin me round, I'm feeling fine
Small luck, sweet luck, it's mine all mine

Three little cherries in a row
Small luck, sweet luck, and a Tuesday glow