Ann Vriend - A Dollar and a Suitcase + Lyrics

Ann Vriend in the studio of RTV-Noord, Groningen, the Netherlands, playing in a radio program.
From her fifth (live) album 'Closer Encounters' the song 'A Dollar and a Suitcase'

Lyrics Copyright © Ann Vriend

Stands at the end of the lane
Waves goodbye in her plain Jane
Says "you'll get a dollar if you don't cry"
But it never works, does it
The dusty car rumbles,
she becomes a smaller dot
Tears run down, no surprise

Reach for a tissue in the pocket of your jeans
Already not very brave it seems
What else is there -- a dollar bill
She's got her ways; she's with you still

You might go, yes, you might leave
Over land and over seas
But you will always carry
A dollar and a suitcase
A dollar and a suitcase
A dollar and a suitcase

She left her home country
Married a man who made her leave against her will
Five kids, one on the way
Two suitcases, fourteen days at sea
I use one of those suitcases still

Cooked three meals a day for ten
All the laundry done by hand
No plumbing till 1963
But tears and laughter endlessly

You might go, yes, you might leave
Over land and over seas
But you will always carry
A dollar and a suitcase
A dollar and a suitcase

You be brave, yes, you be tough
Don't you cry; you'll have enough
If you always carry
A dollar and a suitcase
A dollar and a suitcase
A dollar and a suitcase

The years go by
Everyone waves goodbye
Following their dreams
And she stands at the end of the lane
Waits until they reach into the pockets of their jeans

You might go, yes, you might leave
Over land and over seas
If you always carry

Oh, you be brave, yes, you be tough
Don't you cry; you'll have enough
If you always carry
A dollar and a suitcase
A dollar and a suitcase
A dollar and a suitcase
A dollar and a suitcase
A dollar and a suitcase

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ann Vriend
• singer/songwriter
• piano
• Closer
• Encounters
• A Dollar and a Suitcase

[capitancronos]

I love this song do you have a sheet to play it?

[drennorg]

@capitancronos

No, I'm sorry.



[bryhelix]

This song should win a Juno. You put on a great show in Lethbridge, Ann! Can't wait to see you in Calgary in June - xoxo, your "stalkers" :)

P.S. We may or may not request "The Invisibles" again! haha

[capitancronos]

I love this song 

[DavidYpres]

I love!  :)