Penny to My Name

Billy and I got married, following our firstborn

Daddy left this gas and convenience store, just before he died

And I was only nineteen when I had my third baby

Sometimes I think maybe I should have left here long ago

Travelers are stoppin' by

Check their oil and their PSI

Gas up and away they fly

Movin' down the line

But this beat up truck and worn shoes

Always givin' me the blues

Billy suckin' down the booze

Nearly every night

I never seen the city lights

How they must shine so bright

Not alike this country night, the sky is black as coal

And this gas station mountain home, not a thing to call my own

How I wish I was alone

With a penny to my name

Strangers see this mountain here

It's beautiful beyond compare

But it's just a dumb old mountain there

I see it everyday

If I could see the sunset skies

Over fields of grain or ocean tides

City skyline in the night, I'll be dancin' til the dawn

I never seen the city lights

How they must shine so bright

Not alike this country night, the sky is black as coal

And this gas station mountain home, not a thing to call my own

How I wish I was alone

With a penny to my name

Billy and I got married, following our firstborn

Daddy left this gas and convenience store, just before he died

Maybe Billy and I someday

Will find a chance to get away

Until then it's here I'll stay

Wishin' on a star

I never seen the city lights

How they must shine so bright

Not alike this country night, the sky is black as coal

And this gas station mountain home, not a thing to call my own

How I wish I was alone

With a penny to my name