(Guy Clark/Verlon Thompson)

I Rolled Off The Frisco Mint In 1909
The Last One They Ever Made, You Should've Seen Me Shine
When I Landed On The Counter They Gave Me To A Kid
Making Change For A Jaw Breaker Was The First Thing That I Did

I Got Traded For A Pocket Knife, Two Marbles And Some String
Wound Up On A Railroad Track Waiting For A Train
Snatched Up By A Hobo And Turned Right Into Wine
Pitched Up Against The Wall At Least A Thousand Times

Round And Round A Penny Goes
Round And Back Again
Listen And I'll Tell You
The Places That I've Been

I Was Stolen From A Banker By Pretty Boy Floyd And Then
He Gave Me To A Farmer Who Was Trying To Save His Land
I Was Good Luck To A Soldier Back In WWII
He Lost Me In A Poker Game The Day The War Was Through

I Got Stuck Behind The Back Seat Of A '51 Chevrolet
Spare Change In The Sixties, Getting Worthless Every Day
Not It's Piggy Banks And Gum Machines And Occasional Wishing Wells
Or Laying On A Bar Room Floor

As Far And Wide
So Both Of Us Can Dare
A Promise I Will Love And Bide
That's All I Have To Share

A Chance To Sail Among The Stars
That Few Will Ever See
To Feel The Deepest Missing You
That Most Think Cannot Be
A Heart That Beats For Only One
And Loves You Fast And True
A Promise I Will Love And Bide
That's All I Have For You
These Things I Have To Give To You
Their Value Isn't Much
Just Things That You Can Barely See
And Rearely Ever Touch

A Hand To Hold When We're Alone
And No One Seems To Care
A Gentle Touch To Reassure
And Tell You I'm Still There
To Try My Best To Reminisce
Our Dreams That All Come True
A Promise I Will Love And Bide
That's All I Have For You
My Promise I Will Love And Bide
This I Give To You