Lyrics

My Last Dime
By Daryl Stevenett
(Verse 1)
I’ve watched so many sunsets, paint fire in the sky
I’ve heard the sound of a midnight train, somewhere in the night
I’ve smelled pine trees in the hills, I’ve felt black dirt in my hands
I’ve held a new born baby in my arms, made me proud that I’m a man
(Pre Chorus)
The days ahead are fewer, than what I’ve left behind
Tell me how, should I spend my last dime
(Chorus)
My last dime, where will I spend it?
Can’t take it with me, when I go
Should I spend it on my thoughts
and the things I used to know
I know I shouldn’t waste it
because there’s only so much time,
I don’t want to waste it
when I’m down to my last dime
(Verse 2)
The screen keeps calling to me ,with it’s pale blue light
But what I crave are stars, in a velvet moon lit night
The smell of rain on an old dirt road
The taste of truth in a story told
(Pre Chorus)
I’d trade the hum of a restless crowd
For one little bird singing clear and loud
(Chorus)
My last dime, where will I spend it?
On fleeting rush, or on eternal grace?
Will I lose myself in the shadows
Or feel the sunlight on my face?
My last dime, I’ll spend on mercy
On a song, that heals, the pain
If love is all I’ve left to give
Let it soothe, like, gentle rain
(Bridge)
I may not have the strength, that I used to have
But I feel the wisdom in my hands
Every chord I play is skin to string
The love that’s felt in a song I play
And the smile that it brings
(Chorus)
My last dime, I’ll spend it on peace
On warm bread, that I can share
Coloured leaves rustling in the wind
Or the smell of cedar in the air
the sound of a babbling brook
Or the smell of fresh cut grass
My last dime I’ll spend reading to a child
from their favourite bedtime book
(Outro)
My last dime I’ll leave it shining
In a song I pass along
On the the love that lives through time
that’s how I’ll spend…
my last dime