Indian Head Penny lyrics
Song information
Artist: Guy Clark Album: Cold Dog Soup
Lyrics
I rolled off the san francisco mint in 1909 The last one they ever made, you should've seen me shine When I landed on the counter they gave me to a kid Making change for a jaw breaker was the first thing that I did
I got traded for a pocket knife, two marbles and some string Wound up on a railroad track waiting for a train Snatched up by a hobo and turned right into wine Pitched up against the wall at least a hundred thousand times
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'Round and 'round a penny goes 'Round and back again Listen and I'll tell you The places that I've been
I got stolen from a banker by pretty boy floyd and then He gave me to a farmer who was trying to save his land I was good luck to a soldier back in w.w.ii He lost me in a poker game the day the war was through
I got stuck behind the back seat of a '51 chevrolet Spare change in the sixties, getting worth less every day Now it's piggy banks and gum machines and occasional wishing wells Or laying on a barroom floor, indian heads or tails
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I'm a pretty lucky penny, lord it happens every time Just when I start feeling lost and left behind Some kid will pick me up and wonder where I've been Put me in his pocket, and here I go again
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"Cold Dog Soup" album track list
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