seeking world peace and personal peace
thru poetry
21 April 2000
THE MAGIC PENNY by Malvina Reynolds
chorusLove is something if you give it awayverse 1)
Give it away, give it away
Love is something if you give it away
You end up having moreIt's just like the magic pennychorus
Hold on tight, you haven't got any
Give it away, you've got so many
Come rolling in the doorverse 2)
So let's go dancing till the break of dayMalvina Reynolds was the widow of the left-wing labor leader Bud Reynolds. For many years she lived in Berkley, Calivornia, writing so many songs that her firends believed she wrote a song a day - such songs as "Little Boxes" and "God Bless the Grass".
And if there's a piper, we'll have to pay
Cause love is something if you give it away
You end up having more.