Stand and Deliver
[Intro]
[Verse]
Every summer we'd go away
To a caravan by the sea
Hayling Island, a summer resort
Not really my cup of tea
But the arcades were magnetic
Flashing lights and racing pods
My pockets heavy with copper coins
Maybe one day I’d beat the odds
Stand and deliver, the room declared
Seducing me with a promise
But one-armed bandits and coin pushers
Can never be that honest
[Bridge]
Just one more penny
Just one more go
Just one more chance
To maybe win the mother lode
[Chorus]
I thought I was chasing pennies
I thought I was chasing luck
I thought I was chasing something
that would one day come unstuck
But the mountains kept on forming
Though I never saw the plot
It took me over fifty years
For the penny to finally drop
[Verse]
The lights were bright enough
To hide the truth from view
The machine kept taking everything
Always promising something new
But when the last coin disappeared
And the mountain was still standing
It's time to come back down to Earth
Brace for an emergency landing
[Bridge]
Just one more penny
Just one more go
Just one more chance
To maybe win the mother lode
[Chorus]
I thought I was chasing pennies
I thought I was chasing pennies
I thought I was chasing luck
that would one day become unstuck
But the mountain kept on forming
Though I never saw the plot
It took me over fifty years
For the penny to finally drop
[Interlude]
[Verse]
I thought there was a payout
Hidden somewhere in the stack
But every penny that I squandered
seemed to give me nothing back
Now the arcade is just a memory
The pennies are no longer minted
The racing pods have run their course
The years didn't drift by, they sprinted.
[Outro]
I thought I was chasing fortune
Although I did come out on top
it took over fifty years
For the penny to finally drop.
Copyright Taun A. Richards 2024