I put a nickel in the telephone
To find out dear if you'd be home
I wasted a nickel last night
I guess I've wished a million times
It hadn't been a party line
I wasted a nickel last night
I heard you tell a friend of mine
That I was not the one
Why did you play me for a fool
So you could have your fun
If I had known it from the start
It might have saved a broken heart
The nickel I wasted last night
I lost a nickel but I lost much more
It seems I hear it o'er and o'er
I wasted a nickel last night
My castles have all fallen down
I saw them tumble to the ground
A nickel changed it all last night
But someday when your world gets lonely
And your friends are few
The door of love is open dear
I'm waiting here for you
A nickel has it's story told
Of love not worth its weight in gold
I wasted a nickel last night