IT DON’T MAKE CENTS

I AM JUST A PENNY
EQUALING ONLY A CENT
ALONE I’D SIT FOREVER
NEVER TO BE SPENT
BUT I’VE GOT SOME FRIENDS
THEY’RE PENNIES TOO
TOGETHER WE’RE A QUARTER
STILL NOT MUCH WE CAN DO
BUT JUST GET BY
ON A FAVOR OR TWO

SOME OF MY FRIENDS WENT OFF
AND BECAME DIMES
I DON’T SEE THEM ANYMORE
OH I’VE TRIED
BUT THEY USUALLY SLAM THE DOOR
STILL I KNOW A FEW OF THE DIMES
I EVEN KNOW A QUARTER
I CALL FROM TIME TO TIME
AND HE HELPS ME OUT
WHEN I’M STUCK IN MY CLIMB

I REACHED THE BANK ONCE
ALL WRAPPED UP AND ROLLED
AND WHEN THEY BUSTED US OPEN
WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLD!
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PENNIES
DIMES, QUARTERS TOO
AND FOLKS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
WHICH TO EQUAL ME
IT TOOK TWO!
I COULDN’T HELP THINKING
IF WE ALL GOT TOGETHER
JUST IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD DO!

 

-- Tom Walsh

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