Penny To My Name

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 have left here long ago

Travelers are stopping by check their oil and their P.S.I.

Gas up and away they fly moving down the line

But this beat up truck and worn out shoes

Always giving me the blues

Bill is sucking down the booze nearly every night

I've 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

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 a sunset skies over fields of grain or ocean tides

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

I've 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

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've 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

I wish I was alone with a penny to my name