Unless you believe in magic There ain't much left you can be A skeptic or a fool Have you been watching your TV Incredible is all I think of Did I really see Wordless faces double talkin' A runnin' it down to me... About buyin' time Brother can you spare a dime Ain't it a crime How we got to buy time People goin' hungry Ain't no jobs, they's in the street Nobody's got no answer They're just staring at their feet Ain't no doubt about it Things are lookin' pretty bleak An' everybody's scufflin' hard Tryin' to make ends meet About buyin' time Brother can you spare a dime Ain't it a crime How we got to buy time It happened once before, you know In 1932 But now there's so many more of us There's something we gotta do Something radical, something different Got to hit on something new America, the dream is lost And it's killin' me and you About buyin' time Brother can you spare a dime Ain't it a crime How we got to buy time