David Allan Coe - The Penny lyrics

Well the old man looked down and this grandson And he whispered this Penny’s for good luck And then he opened his hand and showed him the coin And the date on The Penny was 1911 And he said when you get older boy maybe you’ll understand You see this Penny don’t shine anymore like it used to And this Penny’s been lost and this Penny’s been found This Penny’s been hid in the jar in the attic And this Penny’s been buried in a car in the ground This Penny’s seen wars and this Penny’s has seen the sunshine This Penny’s felt teardrops and this Penny’s seen rain And this Penny’s been with me since I was a young man In fact this Penny’s is all of my life that remains. And the old man seemed sad as he tried to remember The stories he told of the life that he led Why there was the one about the time the old Penny rolled down in the gutter And he said why I can’t count the times that I took that old Penny to bed Then he told how he lost everything that once mattered Lost his wife, his money, his job, and then finally his health He always held on to that old luck Penny Lord was he proud of himself. Well the boy took The Penny and wrapped it in a piece of cloth And he placed it in his pocket And he said thanks grandad and the old man just nodded Then he walked to his bedroom and he laid down this head They found him there the next mornin’ he was layin’ there dead Then the boy reached into his pocket And took out The Penny that his grandpa had givin’ him Slowly opened the old man’s hand and placed The Penny inside Then he closed the old man’s fingers around the old coin And let his hand lay on the old man’s chest Grandpa he said there’s one place this old Penny hasn’t been So you better take it with you now And besides there’s not much you can buy with a Penny these days And by the way grandpa, I love you.