I'd give you all of me to know what you were thinking 
And if I had one wish I'd wish I wasn't sinking here 
Drowning in this well 
Oh can't you tell 

That I can't pick myself up off the ground 
I've been face down 
And pushed aside 
Well, you know I'd rather just turn tail and run 
Than lie here in the sun 
And watch you pass me by 
'Cause I ain't worth a dime 

But if only I could stand up straight 
I wouldn't have to lie and wait 
I could up and roll away 
And never be ignored 
I've got a feeling that I'm something more 
Than just a piece of copper ore 
Turning green and looking for 
The reason I was born 
Well, I've been around since 1974 
In banks and bottom drawers 
On railroad ties 
I've been passed around and cast aside 
And skipped and flipped and flattened wide 
Spun around and thrown away and left alone to lie 

CHORUS 

But I heard about a penny found 
Lying underneath the couch 
By a woman who was kneeling down 
Looking for some change 
Then the woman danced around 
Called her friends all over town 
Told 'em what was lost is found 
It's another penny saved 

So I find that all this time 
Beneath the surface, I could shine 
Like all the gold a king and queen could measure 
See, even just a penny is a treasure