Penny Dreams

[Verse 1] Clock strikes five, another Friday done Another week of nickel-dimin', barely outrun The rentman's growl, the grocery blues Got dreams piled high, but my pockets full of loose Bills flutter by like autumn leaves so brown Promises I made myself are crashin' to the ground "Someday soon," I whisper, year after weary year But "someday soon" starts lookin' suspiciously like "never here" [Pre-Chorus] Stuck in this hamster wheel, spinnin' oh so fast Workin' dead-end jobs, hopin' somethin' will surpass This rut I'm in, this never-ending chase For a life that ain't a blur, a smile on my tired face [Chorus] Penny dreams in a million dollar world Just another cog, a story never unfurled Always hustlin', forever on the grind This paycheck to paycheck life, it's definitely not one of a kind [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2] Coffee mug stained with the sweat of unseen tears Newspaper headlines mockin' with their gilded careers "The key to success," they preach in glossy prose But the only key I see is locked on all my hopes Tick-tock, tick-tock, the clock it never sleeps Ticking off the moments, counting all the sheep I haven't shorn in years, too busy countin' beans Seems like the only green I see is on these worn out jeans [Pre- Chorus] Stuck in this hamster wheel, spinnin' oh so fast Workin' dead-end jobs, hopin' somethin' will surpass This rut I'm in, this never-ending chase For a life that ain't a blur, a smile on my tired face [Chorus] Penny dreams in a million dollar world Just another cog, a story never unfurled Always hustlin', forever on the grind This paycheck to paycheck life, it's definitely not one of a kind [Bridge] Maybe someday I'll break free, fly above the fray But for now, it's another dollar, another penny day Scratchin' by, barely survivin', but I won't give in There's a fire in my belly, a glimmer of a win [Chorus] Penny dreams in a million dollar world Just another cog, a story yet unfurled Always hustlin', forever on the grind This paycheck to paycheck life, it ain't gonna define