Thank You for the Penny

[Verse 1]

Scraped it off the sidewalk

Copper gone to green

Rolled it in my fingers

Smaller than it seems

Nobody taught me how to hold

What fits inside my hand

A penny for the crossing

A penny to understand

[Pre-Chorus]

Down the street they're sleeping

With empty coats and sleeves

Counting every kindness

That they never get to keep

[Chorus]

Thank you for the penny

For the little that I own

Thank you for the hunger

That leaves my table warm

Somebody's begging for the ground

I get to stand upon

Thank you for the penny

It's more than I deserve

(More than I deserve)

(More than I deserve)

[Verse 2]

Clock in at the warehouse

Boots a size too small

Overtime on Fridays

Standing tall through it all

I could say it's nothing

Folded shirt and faded name

But there's folks on corners holding signs

Who'd trade their bones for mine

[Pre-Chorus]

Down the street they're shuffling

Paper cups and doubt

I got a key and a locker

And a way to get back out

[Chorus]

Thank you for the penny

For the little that I own

Thank you for the hunger

That leaves my table warm

Somebody's begging for the ground

I get to stand upon

Thank you for the penny

It's more than I deserve

(More than I deserve)

(More than I deserve)

[Bridge]

I used to want the ocean

Now I praise the rain

I used to chase the big doors

Now I'm grateful for the frame

If you gave me everything

I'd probably want it more

But the smallest hands still open

To the smallest open door

[Chorus]

Thank you for the penny

For the little that I own

Thank you for the hunger

That leaves my table warm

Somebody's begging for the ground

I get to stand upon

Thank you for the penny

It's more than I deserve

(More than I deserve)

(More than I deserve)

[Outro]

Thank you for the penny

(Thank you for the penny)

Thank you for the penny

(Thank you)

More than I deserve

(More than I deserve)

More than I deserve