I'VE BEEN UP AND DOWN
AND AROUND AND 'ROUND
AND BACK AGAIN
BEEN SO MANY PLACES
I CAN'T REMEMBER
WHERE OR WHEN
AND MY ONLY BOSS WAS
THE CLOCK ON THE WALL
AND MY ONLY FRIEND
NEVER REALLY WAS
A FRIEND AT ALL
I'VE TRADED LOVE FOR PENNIES
SOLD MY SOUL FOR LESS
LOST MY IDEALS IN THAT
LONG TUNNEL OF TIME
AND I'VE TURNED INSIDE OUT
AND AROUND ABOUT
AND BACK AND THEN
FOUND MYSELF RIGHT BACK
WHERE I STARTED AGAIN
ONCE I HAD MYSELF A MILLION
NOW I'VE ONLY GOT A DIME
THE DIFFERENCE DON'T
SEEM QUITE AS BAD TODAY
WITH A NICKEL OR A MILLION
I WAS SEARCHIN' ALL THE TIME
FOR SOMETHIN' THAT I'D
NEVER LOST OR LEFT BEHIND
WELL, I'VE TRADED
LOVE FOR PENNIES
SOLD MY SOUL FOR LESS
LOST MY IDEALS IN THAT
LONG TUNNEL OF TIME
AND I'VE TURNED INSIDE OUT
AND AROUND ABOUT
AND BACK AND THEN
FOUND MYSELF RIGHT BACK
WHERE I STARTED AGAIN
WELL, NOW I'M IN
MY SECOND CIRCLE
AND I'M HEADIN' FOR THE TOP
I LEARNED A LOT OF
THINGS ALONG THE WAY
I'LL BE CAREFUL
WHILE I'M CLIMBIN'
'CAUSE IT HURTS A LOT TO DROP
WHEN YOU'RE DOWN
NOBODY GIVES A
DAMN ANYWAY
WELL, I'VE TRADED
LOVE FOR PENNIES
SOLD MY SOUL FOR LESS
LOST MY IDEALS IN THAT
LONG TUNNEL OF TIME
AND I'VE TURNED INSIDE OUT
AND AROUND ABOUT
AND BACK AND THEN
FOUND MYSELF RIGHT BACK
WHERE I STARTED AGAIN