Regina Spektor - Lucky Penny (McCarren Park Pool)

Regina Spektor singing Lucky Penny @ McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn, NY on August 15th, 2008.

--

I didn't find
The lucky penny
So I flipped it
Over
And left it for
Someone else to find

And a dime
Just in time
For the little kid behind me
To pick it up and yell:
Hey, Mom, I found a dime

Then I turned around the corner
And I dropped another dollar
Just in case the street needed some more cash

In the end
I made it home
With nothing in my pockets
Except some cigarettes
And
Some stones

I pick 'em up
When I go walking
Some are shiny
All are dirty
Some are just pebbles that might grow up to be stones

As an adult
No one can stop you
From getting your hands dirty
When you're walking home alone

Then I saw a little black cat
Cross the street before a fast cab
Flashed and disappeared into the night

He glanced back with understanding
Of a future life impending
And we both knew it wasn't his time yet

I didn't find the lucky penny
So I flipped it over
And left it for someone else to find

And a dime
Just in time
For the little kid behind me
To pick it up and yell:
Hey, Mom, I found a dime

And a dime just in time
For the little kid behind me
To pick it up and yell
Hey, Mom, I found a dime

To pick it up and yell
Hey, Mom, I found a dime

Category:

Music

Tags:

• regina
• spektor
• lucky
• penny
• mccarren
• park
• pool

[slicknick1986]

Hey sure. Lucky Penny is actually an older song she used to play years ago. She just recently started playing it again live. There's no album version yet, but you can find two other (older) live recordings of this song on RespektOnline.

[TaylorGold]

did you tape almost all of the songs she sang? lol

i was at this concert too...she was amazing

[slicknick1986]

Haha almost all of them, I missed about six I think, but I tried to get them all. Of course when it comes to having to choose which songs of Regina's to record it's never an easy decision...

I had to give my arm a break occasionally as it felt like it was going to fall off, haha. I should probably just get a monopod.

Where were you standing? I was about twelve rows from the front and little to the left of center.

[AnthonyMinsky]

Who is this girl? I think she comes from a different planet. Her songs are so cool and different. nobody is doing what she's doing right now. At least not as good.

[xhaxhkazulu]

there's so many songs of Regina I haven't heard. It's like this re-accuring dream I have where I'm in a huge mansion with tons of rooms and the further I explore it, even more rooms pop up

[SmotPoker09]

1:48 she fucked some tune up... youre still the best Reginka!

[soundlanguage]

She knows well the art of harnessing the silence and quiet, much like Jane Siberry (the queen of strength & tenderness) on her "earlier" recordings.

[beighleyr]

omg dito!!

[AnthonyMinsky]

Isn't it amazing that she's coming out with a new album and this isn't on it. I've never known an artist that has the catalogue she does. She could put out a triple album if she wanted to. And still have more left.

[shemalegazebo]

thank u so much..i didnt even know this site existed (--> i'm in heaven right now)

:P

[carolin988]

awsome,Ill look it up!thank you!

[carolin988]

amaizing!I didnt knew this one, i love it!where can I find it?is it new?thanks for posting and for the lyrics!:)