FAWM: "Ode to the Penny"

Ode to the Penny

3 days ago by @carleybaer

Ode to the Penny

carleybaer

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Liner Notes

#fuc #acousticonetake #badsongclub

This is a WWPMD for sure, I was like "this isn't long enough, it needs more," and then I remembered "Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl..." so I decided this was fine.

Lyrics

The penny is going the way of Pluto But it’s been a decent run When everything costs a million dollars It’s hard to contextualize 0.01

But not finding them in my couch cushions Or my cupholders will feel strange Still, I’m a well-adjusted grown ass woman And I will not fear change

Comments

@willlll 2d

Great pun at the end.

@mckillop 2d

That is a perfect song! Love it!

@celineellis 3d

fab ditty! and I love what you did with the tongue-in-cheek pun at the end as well :-) when there is too much money in the world, its the little ones who suffer - thanks for your service Penny!

@skyezor 3d

Short and sweet still counts! The penny retiring is such a weird thing. This feels like the perfect way to talk about something that’s challenging to talk about! Well done!

@dr_griff 3d

Love the finishing pun! I think we lose something important by losing the penny, but if Canada can do it, I guess we can too...

@paul_pedersen 3d

In Canada, we gave up on the penny in 2013. Unfortunately, nobody had the gumption to write a song about it. Glad that you rose to the challenge. What will happen when you can't say, "Penny for your thoughts"?

@artie 3d

Omg that’s the perfect line to end on! Your delivery is easy on the ears and the song has everything it needs. I just got nostalgic and miss finding them in the couch too. 🥹

@andygetch 3d

Short and to the point. Thats all this song needs. My ode was a little over a minute as well so hooray!

@mikegtz 3d

The use of contextualize as Nancy has said is great and this is really clever. It wouldn't hurt to sing these lyrics through a second time, also. Perfect ending, too, Carley.