Track 6 of the album Horizon Songs · 2013
Penny Sweets and Paper Bags
“Saturday pocket money and the corner shop, sung like it's a festival. The bass section loved the groove on this one.”
classical crossover · choral pop · gospel groove · 3:28
Lyrics
Saturday coins in a sticky hand Running to the shop on the corner of the land Jars on the shelf like a rainbow parade Choose very slowly, no mistakes to be made Lemon drops, liquorice, humbugs and mints Fizzing and sparkling in all of their tints The shopkeeper smiles and she twists up a bag Every sweet in the world for a penny and a tag One for the sunshine, one for the rain One for the friend who walks home again Penny sweets and paper bags Sugar on our sleeves Laughing down the cobbled lane Kicking autumn leaves Penny sweets and paper bags Gold in every hand Happiness is small and sweet And we can understand Years go by and the shop is gone But the taste of that Saturday lingers on A paper bag, a pocketful of cheer The sweetest things were always near One for the sunshine, one for the rain One for the friend who walks home again Penny sweets and paper bags Sugar on our sleeves Laughing down the cobbled lane Kicking autumn leaves Penny sweets and paper bags Gold in every hand Happiness is small and sweet And we can understand Share them out, one by one Count them twice, then you're done Nothing's finer, nothing's bright Like a Saturday's golden light Penny sweets and paper bags Sugar on our sleeves Laughing down the cobbled lane Kicking autumn leaves Penny sweets and paper bags Gold in every hand Happiness is small and sweet And we all understand Penny sweets and paper bags Gold in every hand