Duke Ellington
Brown Penny
[LUCY]
First I whispered, "I am too young"
And then, "I am quite old enough now"
So I carelessly tossed up a penny
Just to make up my mind somehow

"Go and love, go and love," it said
"If your lover be young and wise"
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny
I am lost in the depths of his eyes

Oh, love is a crooked thing
And there is nobody to say
All the curious things that are in it
For he would be dreaming away

'Til stars had tumbled out of the sky
And the shadows had eaten the moon
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny
One cannot bеgin it too soon