A Penny for the Band

作曲 : Justin Rutledge

Another Shirley Temple

Another Caine and Able

There's nothing out the window,

And nothing on the table.

This life is like a set list

Scrawled across the nation

If I miss you at the soundcheck,

I'll see you at the station.

There's a beast inside of me,

And he's not bad company

But he speaks in tongues I can never understand,

He says it's one more show and a penny for the band.

Keep everybody dancing,

Keep everybody spending,

I know I am not a good man,

But I can keep pretending.

I leaned in the doorway

Your dress is like a dark vale,

But I'm not going your way,

I'm going back to Parkdale.

With a bottle of Burgundy,

Where she waits on the balcony,

With a northern wish and a daisy in her hand,

To send me all her love and a penny for the band.

There's a beast inside of me,

And I miss my family,

All these pages and these stages made of sand,

Still, it's one more show and a penny for the band,

One more show and a penny for the band.