Lyrics

Pennyland 3:39
© 2008 James E. Thomas
Misty Owl Music (ASCAP)

I'm sittin' here in Pennyland,
A pound of round copper in a coffee can.
If I had the money I'd buy me wings to fly,
High above this Cardboard City I would fly.

Life took a turn I don't know why…
I don't know why,
But I'm not gonna cry.
I'm gonna take Miss Fortune by the hand.
I'm gonna swing her around,
Gonna sashay down to Cardboard Town.
Life took a turn and now…

I'm sittin' here in Pennyland,
A pound of brown copper in a coffee can.
If I had the money, I'd buy me wings,
And I would fly,
High above this Cardboard City I would fly.

Dreamed I saw a photograph the other night
It was a Polaroid, black and white.
Cardboard Town burned to the ground,
Before you could turn around.
Somebody better hook up a hose.
Flames went higher…sparks rose.

If I had the wings I'd fly away,
And I would never come back,
No way, José.
No more sleeping on a cardboard box…
No…no…no...
Flames went higher and the sparks rose.
Somebody better hook up a hose.
Chilled to the bone in a corrugated home;
Somebody better hook up a hose.
World turned... nobody learned.
Nero fiddled while the cardboard burned.

Somebody… left us here in Pennyland,
A pound of brown copper in Luzianne.
If I had the money I'd buy me wings to fly,
High above this Cardboard City I would fly.

Lying sideways on the street,
Moon and stars my lover.
Sleeping on the hard concrete,
Pull the night air up for cover.