Sunlight on a Borrowed Dime

Verse

Packed my suitcase with a busted zipper strap

Left your porch light burning on the map

Two quarters jingling, that's my whole bankroll

But my shoes are pointing where the good roads go

You said don't look back, girl, don't you cry

I'm just trading one sky for another sky

Pre-Chorus

So what's a dollar when the morning's free

What's a debt when the road's calling me

Tell me how far can a poor man climb

Chorus

I got sunlight on a borrowed dime

Shining just as pretty, shining just on time

Empty pockets but my heart's still fine

Living rich on sunlight on a borrowed dime

Verse

Last night's kiss still burning on my cheek

Gas station coffee, cold and cheap and weak

Radio's crackling some old forgotten tune

Windshield full of stars and a rising moon

Rearview mirror showing where I've been

Windshield showing me where I'm going again

Pre-Chorus

So what's a dollar when the morning's free

What's a debt when the road's calling me

Watch this borrowed nickel turn to a dime

Chorus

I got sunlight on a borrowed dime

Shining just as pretty, shining just on time

Empty pockets but my heart's still fine

Living rich on sunlight on a borrowed dime

Bridge

Maybe I'll come back with my hands full of gold

Maybe I'll just wander till I'm gray and old

Either way I'm learning as these miles unwind

Every goodbye's got some hello woven in the twine

Chorus

I got sunlight on a borrowed dime

Shining just as pretty, shining just on time

Empty pockets but my heart's still fine

Living rich on sunlight on a borrowed dime

Living rich on sunlight on a borrowed dime