Penny Music

<br>Throw a penny from the window<br>Watch an old man play a song<br>on a twenty dollar violin he bought before the war<br>Though he screeches and he scratches<br>and the notes are always wrong<br>but he plays like he`s in concert<br>on the street outside my door<br><br>Choose to suit your fancy<br>Are there any requests?<br>I`ll play them for a pennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy<br> (play them for a penny)<br>and not a penny less<br><br>He`s the local vertuoso<br>It`s his only way of life<br>plays 97 overtures<br>and goes on home to his wife<br>In the quiet of the evening<br>while his frozen fingers bleed<br>he counts pennies<br>on the blanket to supply his meeger(sp?) needs<br><br>Choose to suit your fancy<br>Are there any requests?<br>I`ll play them for a pennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy<br> (play them for a penny)<br>and not a penny less<br><br>When there`s frost upon the pumpkin<br>in the weakness of the sun<br>People stand there in the cold<br>until his symphony is done<br>In the early gray of morning<br>he`s sure to come around<br>You can hear him thru the window<br>when the pennies hit the ground<br><br>Choose to suit your fancy<br>Are there any requests?<br>I`ll play them for a pennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy<br> (play them for a penny)<br>and not a penny less<br><br>They`re playing penny music<br> (aaahhhhaaahhhh)<br>Playing penny music<br> (aaahhhhaaahhhh)<br>(last two lines repeat a few more times)