I'm stumped! Please help!
mjw
Koko wrote:
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> I need title and artist for the following line:
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> I've got a nickel shiny and new
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> I appreciate any assistance. Thanks!
Sounds like "Playground in My Mind" by Clint Holmes - early seventies.
There was a section: "My name is Michael, I've got a nickel,
I've got a nickel shiny and new.
I'm gonna buy me all kinds of candy
That's what I'm gonna do."
Gregory Wolfe
The title is "The Nickel Song" and as best I can remember, the artist
went by the name "Melanie" [no last name]. This song was popular when I
was pretty young, so I could be wrong. The same artist had another song
that had the line "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got
a brand new key." Hope this helps!
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most"
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GREGORY WOLFE ZVK...@prodigy.com
Gregory Wolfe
After I posted the last note, I remembered that I have the lyrics in a
song book. In that book the song is credited to Melanie Safka. If you
would like the lyrics, let me know, I can transcribe them.
"The problem with life is that there is little or no time for practice"
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GREGORY WOLFE ZVK...@prodigy.com
Ronald E. Hontz
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Koko wrote:
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> I need title and artist for the following line:
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> I've got a nickel shiny and new
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> I appreciate any assistance. Thanks!
Maybe Melanie sang something like it but here's my complete take on
Clint Holmes' tune.
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Playground In My Mind
Artist: Clint Holmes (peak Billboard position # 2 in 1973)
Words and Music by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss
1)When this old world gets me down and there's no love to be found
I close my eyes and soon I find I'm in a playground in my mind
Where the children laugh and the children play
And we sing a song all day
2)My name is Michael, I've got a nickel, I've got a nickel shiny and new
I'm gonna buy me all kinds of candy, that's what I'm gonna do
3)In the wonders that I find in the playground in my mind
In a world that used to be, close your eyes and follow me
Where the children laugh and the children play
And we'll sing a song all day
4)My girl is Cindy, when we get married we're gonna have a baby or two
We're gonna let them visit their grandma, that's what we're gonna do
<instrumental interlude>
TAG LINES CONCURRENT WITH BACKGROUND SINGERS SINGING VERSES
TWO AND FOUR
Living in a world that I left behind
Happy little children
In the playground in my mind
See the little children
See how they play in the playground in my mind
La la la----------FADE
Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronh...@worldnet.att.net
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Gregory Wolfe
geez, i just reread your original posting, and realized I was thinking of
a different song! Sorry!
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GREGORY WOLFE ZVK...@prodigy.com
richard smith
On Thu, 06 Mar 1997 21:45:07 GMT, rmi...@sound.net (Koko) wrote:
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>I need title and artist for the following line:
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> I've got a nickel shiny and new
>
>I appreciate any assistance. Thanks!
playground in my mind don't remember who sang it