Eva Cassidy - Penny To My Name Lyrics

brilliant

Sweetest voice back then,after Ruth Etting😀

This one gets me every time...

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I was in the shower last night trying like crazy to remember this song! Thank goodness Google only needed a few words. As far as the city lights, they didn’t shine too bright. I’m not sure what state Eva was referring to but oh how I wish I was looking at my dumb old mountain in WV.😕Hazel Dickens’ “West Virginia my Home” reflects on “I don’t remember why I left so free, what I wanted to do, what I wanted to see...” The grass is always greener & don’t know what ya got til it’s gone.🦌🌳🍁🍂

Mesmerising.

Thanks for posting this. The harmony is haunting and her voice with the strings is amazing.

10 people have no idea what beauty is.

They suck if they think this is bad...wtf

http://evacassidy.org/penny-to-my-name/

“Penny To My Name”
Album Cover INTRODUCTION: One of the most popular songs on the album TIME AFTER TIME is the country-style ballad “Penny To My Name,” which was written by local singer-songwriter Roger Henderson. Roger came to Chris Biondo’s studio in 1988 to record songs for his second album, A SONG AWAY. Biondo had just recently met Eva Cassidy, and he was beginning to help Eva to get work as a singer. Originally titled “Gas Station Mountain Home,” Henderson’s song was the second project Eva worked on for Biondo’s clients (the first was back-up work on the E.U. album LIVIN’ LARGE).

Roger Henderson also played an unsung role in the history of the Eva Cassidy Band when he brought a talented friend to Biondo’s studio to play keyboard parts on his album. The pianist’s name was Lenny Williams.

Like many of the most successful country-style songs, “Penny To My Name” is a first-person story. The character of the narrator, a country girl who longs to escape to the lights of the city, is based on the songwriter’s real-life encounter with a barefoot Appalachian woman who was in a very bad mood. Here is Roger Henderson’s account of how the song “Penny To My Name” came to be written, recorded, and released on an internationally-bestselling album.

Lovely tribute page and great information Thanks for the link!

Thanks for that link. I just posted that I didn’t know what area the mountain was in as I expressed my regret over leaving WV. Cool that the pictures were of Harper’s Ferry.

sad words, but beautiful voice and arrangement - can't help wondering if the song is about a particular real person

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I have never met a song that didn't desperately wish it could have been recorded by Eva Cassidy.

Enter Sandman?

I'm sure she would've made an awesome cover of it if she really felt like singing it. She hardly would though.

Love this song her voice is so angelic and pure . Literally the purest voice from any singer ever Eva was an angel !

Talk about bittersweet !!What a beautiful job Eva does on this one !And what a picture she paints with her easy yet plaintive prose !

Bill and I got married following our first born
Daddy left this gas & convenience store just before he died
And I was only nineteen when I had my third baby
And sometimes I think maybe I should've left here long ago

Travellers are stopping by, check their oil and their p.s.i.
Gas up and away to fly, moving down the line
But this beat-up truck & worn out shoes always give me the blues
Billy sucking down the booze nearly every night

[Chorus]
I never seen the city lights
How they must shine so bright
Not like this country night
The sky's black as coal
And this gas-station mountain home
Not a thing to call my own
How I wish I was alone
With a penny to my name

Strangers say this mountain here is beautiful beyond compare
But it's just a dumb old mountain; I see it every day
If I could see sunset skies over fields of green or ocean-tides,
City skyline in the night, I'll be dancing till the dawn

[Chorus]

Bill and I got married following our first born
Daddy left this gas & convenience store just before he died
Maybe Bill & I someday will find a chance to get away
Until then it's here I'll stay wishing on a star

[Chorus]

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amo sus canciones ❤❤❤❤💚💜💙💛

I am, but should not be, surprised at how good she is at country music. Nightbird and Anniversary Song are hints at this. Her unassuming and humble personality also fits country music.

I am hoping over the years more videos or recording will turn up so we can expand her play list. There are notes she hits that just make you emotionally respond to whatever it is she is singing.

She excelled at folk music, which is really similar to country, so this isn't surprising to me at all. Even though this has a little more twang than usual, I still consider this folk.

There's nothing she can't do.