[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

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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 I'll tell you
The places that I've 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

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I got stuck behind the back seat of a '51 Chevrolet
I was spare change in the sixties, getting worth less every day
Now it's 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 I'll tell you
The places that I've been

[Verse]
I'm 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 I've 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 I'll tell you
The places that I've been

[Chorus]
Around and round a penny goes
Around and back again
Listen and I'll tell you
The places that I've been