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