[Verse] I rolled off the San Francisco Mint in 1909 The last one they ever made, you should have seen me shine When I landed on the counter, they gave me to a kid Making change for a jawbreaker was the first thing that I did [Verse] I got traded for a pocket knife, two marbles, and some string Wound up on a railroad track waiting for a train I got snatched up by a hobo and turned right into wine Pitched up against the wall at least a hundred thousand times [Chorus] Around and round a penny goes Around and back again Listen and Ill tell you The places that Ive been [Verse] I got 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 World War II He lost me in a poker game the day the war was through [Verse] I got stuck behind the back seat of a 51 Chevrolet I was spare change in the sixties, getting worth less every day Now its piggy banks and gum machines and occasional wishing well Or laying on a barroom floor, Indian heads or tails [Chorus] Around and round a penny goes Around and back again Listen and Ill tell you The places that Ive been [Verse] Im a pretty lucky penny, Lord, it happens every time Just when I start feeling lost and left behind Some kid will pick me up and wonder where Ive been Put me in his pocket, oh, and here I go again [Chorus] Around and round a penny goes Around and back again Listen and Ill tell you The places that Ive been [Chorus] Around and round a penny goes Around and back again Listen and Ill tell you The places that Ive been
penny, around, listen, go, round