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Dime a Dozen

by Erinn Peet Lukes

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I wrote this short song in about 10 min, after I received a text from someone I used to date who ghosted me. I knew he wasnt checking in on me because he cared about me, so when he said “I just care about your music” I lost it. I told him he didn’t care about my music or my heart. I got so mad about it that when I sat down with my guitar, Dime a Dozen came out like a song in a musical. Direct, conversational, and dramatic.

When I started playing the song out, I watched as women would viscerally react to some of the lyrics as I was singing it. In particular, the line “you just thought I’d make a good wife/maybe I’d become your mother.” It was empowering to feel like I wrote something that women could relate to.

Dime a dozen is not really a song about the one person, but more so a song about all the male musicians I’ve interacted with throughout my career. It’s hard he believed as a woman in a male dominated industry, and at a certain point I feel fed up. Dime a Dozen is a song about a female musician who has had enough of the boys club. I hope people of all kinds relate to its message.

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You don’t care about my music
You don’t care about my heart
You don’t wanna see the truth in it
When I tear you apart

You never had to prove it
Always had my full attention
You don’t care about my music
And darling, I should mention

You don’t know my favorite artist
Or my favorite color
You just thought I’d make a good wife
Maybe I’d become your mother

Well it seems that my dreams
Are more important than a lover
Who doesn’t care about my music
Or my favorite color

So consider this a goodbye
I know you wanna get away
You’re so intimidated by a woman who can really play
Why did I watch you for hours flexin’ on guitar
When you're just a dime a dozen
And I’m becoming a star

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released February 23, 2022

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