Once I built a railroad, I made it run   I made it run against time   Once I built a railroad, and now it's done   Buddy, can you spare a dime?      Once I built a tower way up to the sun   Of bricks and morter and lime   Once I built a tower, and now it's done   Buddy can you spare a dime?      Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell   Full of that Yankee-Doodlee-Dum   A half-a-million boots went sloggin' through hell   And I was the kid with the drum      Say don't you remember, you called me Al   It was Al all the time   Say don't you remember, I was your pal   Buddy, can you spare a dime?      Once I built a railroad, I made it run   I made it run against time   Once I built a railroad, and now it's done   Buddy, can you spare a dime?