Penny to My Name lyrics

Bill and I got married following our first-born

Daddy left this gas and convenience store just before he died

And I was only nineteen when I had my third baby

Sometimes I think maybe I should've left here long ago

Travellers are stopping by, check their oil and their psi

Gas up and away they fly, moving down the line

But this beat up truck and worn out shoes

Always giving me the blues

Billy sucking down the booze nearly every night

I never seen the city lights

How they must shine so bright

Not like this country night

The sky's black as coal

And this gas station mountain home

Not a thing to call my own

How I wish I was alone

With a penny to my name

Strangers say this mountain here is beautiful beyond compare

But it's just a dumb old mountain there, I see it every day

If I could see the sunset skies

Over fields of grain or ocean tides

City skyline in the night, I'll be dancing till the dawn

I never seen the city lights

How they must shine so bright

Not like this country night

The sky's black as coal

And this gas station mountain home

Not a thing to call my own

How I wish I was alone

With a penny to my name

Bill and I got married following our first-born

Daddy left this gas and convenience store just before he died

Maybe Bill and I someday will find a chance to get away

Until then it's here I'll stay, wishing on a star

I never seen the city lights

How they must shine so bright

Not like this country night

The sky's black as coal

And this gas station mountain home

Not a thing to call my own

How I wish I was alone

With a penny to my name