Bad Penny Lyrics - Mipso

It all started when I kissed you 

You smiled because you knew 

There was something set in motion 

Only currency could move 

You led me to an empty bench inside a public park 

You made me wait, 

You watched my watch, 

And watched the sky go dark. 

I looked around and got nervous 

I heard a crying crow 

And a tiny cirlce rolled our way and settled in the snow 

You pointed at that penny 

And it pointed back at you 

And our great emancipator told yours truly what to do 

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He said, "We've all got money, 

We've all got time. 

So, let's sell the house, sell the car, 

Sell the deed to a copper mine. 

Maybe the rock of ages is just another stone 

And to his empty childen: leave this empty world alone." 

I grabbed your hand and hurried 

Knew we didn't have much time 

We left the trail and ran like hell to make it out alive. 

We scurried under bushes like a field mouse from a snake 

I felt a tug upon my shirt sleeve from a beggar at the gate. 

He said, "Can you spare a nickle son, I'm down to my last two." 

I said that I was done with change 

So a dollar would have to do 

But when first I touched my wallet 

Then I realized my mistake 

Our great emancipator's big green head began to shake 

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He said, "I'll see your penny and raise you ninety-nine, 

Seems all your gods and prophets never reached the welfare line 

Maybe the rock of ages is just another stone 

And to his empty childen: leave this empty world alone." 

I tossed away that greenback and that beggar-man just laughed 

I hailed a speeding taxicab before it hurried past 

He asked me, "Where to mister?" 

Up to Sixth and Fifty-Third. 

I looked at you, you looked at me 

And we didn't speak a word. 

There was silence in the city 

As we passed under the moon 

And that taxi-man starting whistling some old antebellum tune. 

He turned around to face us 'neath the lights of Broadway 

And that tall man in the tophat said, 

"There's something I've got to say: 

I don't want your money, just a minute of your time 

You can sell your house, sell your kids, 

Sell your soul to the picket line. 

Maybe the rock of ages is just another stone 

But to his empty childen: leave this world alone."