
Indian Head Penny
Today’s sentiments on a song is about Indian Head Penny.
In the beginning, we learn the life of this Indian Head Penny, told from the penny’s point of view, began in 1909.
Cold Dog Soup – Guy Clark, Track 8
Verlon Thompson: Harmony vocal & Mandolin
Darrell Scott: Harmony vocal and Mandocello overdubs
Verlon Thompson: Harmonica and Penny roll
Darrell Scott: Accordion

Lyrics
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
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
Listen and I’ll tell you the places that I’ve been
He gave me to a farmer who was trying to save his land
I was good luck to a soldier back in W.W.II
He lost me in a poker game the day the war was through
Spare change in the sixties, getting worth less every day
Now it’s piggy banks and gum machines and occasional wishing wells
Or laying on a barroom floor, Indian heads or tails
Listen and I’ll tell you the places that I’ve been
Just when I start feeling lost and left behind
Some kid will pick me up and wonder where I’ve been
Put me in his pocket, and here I go again
Listen and I’ll tell you the places that I’ve been