Crushed Pennies

[Verse 1] I've never seen the darker side of green Or anything that made the seams Of my jacket seize and shut There's a hand that rings in the morning And puts boots on my shivering feet Before my dreams are even done Paying twice the price of crushed pennies To keep the circus lights glowing While wagon wheels collect their dust A film projector moves along my scenes While behind the wall somebody's name Is lost between all of the fuss [Verse 2] A brunette heart born to complete the spring Whistles the words the birds would sing Brings up the garden all alone Keeps a clothespin while I'm traveling For me to hang my victories Or else to dry my flooded hopes Waves erode all earthly certainty But cannot make love lost at sea We swallow deeply But never choke Waves erode all earthly certainty But cannot make love lost at sea We swallow deeply But never choke [Instrumental] Waves erode all earthly certainty But cannot make love lost at sea We swallow deeply But never choke Waves erode all earthly certainty But cannot make love lost at sea We swallow deeply But never choke