silver dimes

it’s a song I just wrote.

literally… just wrote.

if you steal it, please give me credit, or at least do it justice.

thanks to citizen cope for the inspiration.

Silver Dimes
Clifton Jennings

(Verse 1)
just another one with a sunburn and a weary smile
weathered brow citizen of hope citizen of now
citizen of one land of the underhanded
underdog champion where effort’s never reprimanded

and we’re united but we can’t stand it
we can hardly stand to be with those with open hands and

(Chorus 1)
I can’t sit by and watch the morning rise another time
without so much as a salute to you nameless few
got a copper penny a forty five and a silver dime
one’s for luck one’s to clutch and one’s for truth

(Verse 2)
and you don’t need luck just gas in the truck and a woman’s love
the way the heater smells that first cold winter month
and you don’t need God to point out all the wrong you done
if you’re your father’s son you sure as hell know when to run

and there’s an old man polishing his gun
but we can’t sleep for shades of grey when our window shades are hung

(Chorus 2)
and I can’t sit by and watch the morning rise another time
without so much as this tribute to you silent few
got a copper penny a forty five and a silver dime
one’s for luck one’s to clutch and one’s for truth

(Chorus 1)
I can’t sit by and watch the morning rise another time
without so much as a salute to you nameless few
got a copper penny a forty five and a silver dime
one’s for luck one’s to clutch and one’s for truth

(Bridge)
give me your ten cents ye brokenhearted
and I’ll be broken too
give me your ten cents ye without fathers
and I’ll share mine with you

yeah gimme your ten cents ye brokenhearted
and I’ll break too
gimme your ten cents ye fatherless martyrs
and I will share my father with you

(Verse 3)
dust to dust I learned enough I learned to fail
I learned respect I learned you earn the reputation you get
I learned to pray when to rest and how to brush the dirt off my neck
with my fingernails my dirty fingernails

and we never came undone
sometimes grace is being tied to someone

(Chorus 3)
I can’t sit by and watch the sun rise another time
without so much as a good morning how do you do
got a copper penny a forty five and a silver dime
one’s for luck one’s to clutch and one’s for truth

(Chorus 4)
I can’t sit by and watch the sun rise another time
without so much as love and the other two
got a copper penny a forty five and a silver dime
one’s for luck one’s to clutch and one’s for truth

(Bridge)
give me your ten cents ye brokenhearted
and I’ll be broken too
give me your ten cents ye without fathers
and I’ll share mine with you

yeah gimme your ten cents ye brokenhearted
and I’ll break too
gimme your ten cents ye fatherless martyrs
and I will share my father with you

(Verse 1 beginning)
just another one with a sunburn and a weary smile
weathered brow citizen of hope citizen of now

inspiration comes in the middle of the night… (transmissions).

yours,

Clifton