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Penny
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Penny was released on September 18, 2026 by Community Music as a part of the album Secondhand Smoke - EP
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2026
LabelCommunity Music
LanguageEnglish
BPM94
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Lyrics

Penny Is a thirty year old I met at a bar on a Monday night
I made an insensitive joke about his glasses, how they didn’t sit quite right
He asked if I was a poet, I said not really, why, do I look it?
He said i can tell by the way you speak that you’d make a pretty good fit
so i showed penny my music he said add a drumbeat, it could be cool
i said well im into it, im just scared that i would get made fun of at school
penny said look at me im in debt on my ninth beer its a monday night
ive known you 45 minutes and i know that you know you’ve got more to your life
Penny had paintings on the wall
And a mother he wanted to go home to
No one could tell him what he wanted
He only lived by his own rules
I had joked “penny for your thoughts”
He said “the anxiety, you have to cut that off”
He said “my turn” I said
Oh penny, You gotta sell that art
Penny brought me to the back
To a painting hung up on the bar wall
He asked what I thought about it I said
It’s cool kinda looks like dried blood
He said I was angry so I grabbed a paintbrush and went at it
If I didn’t have five bucks I’d buy it right there
No one bought it
Penny had paintings on a wall and a rent that was gonna end him by autumn
The bartender called last drinks and he still bought a beer with his last dollars
I joked Penny for your thoughts he said that anxiety you gotta cut it off
He said my turn I said Penny
You’ve gotta sell that art
And his paintings weren’t clear
The kind you only understand
After a beer
He said my music was dear
But it’s deadweight
If i don’t let anyone hear
Well Penny look, I’ve done It
I’m on stage and people are listening
You Changed how I see my life
Penny should be here tonight
Written by: Joely Williamson

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