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ONE STOP. Publisher: Once in a Lifetime Music (BMI). Contact: Pete Papageorge, 1 (301) 758-5225. Email: pgpapageorge@verizon.net. Website: www.petepapageorge.com. Vintage, Pop, Jazz. Uplifting, Romantic, Reflective, Hopeful, Emotive, Dreamy, Male Vocal. TEMPO: 81 BPM.

A writing assignment from a class with Sheila Davis. We were told to write a song with a color in the lyric. I knew right away I DIDN'T want to use blue! Stuck, I went to a mall with my wife. Standing on a second level, which looked over the the mall's indoor center, I noticed a fountain with a statue in the middle of it and foliage all around it. An idea lighted my head, and the title fell out: "Copper Coins for Golden Dreams."

Lyrics:

                                                  
COPPER COINS FOR GOLDEN DREAMS
words & music by Pete Papageorge

V1:
Hello, Venus, yes, it's me again
Here at your fountain where the water streams
With my broken heart that won't seem to mend
Tossin' COPPER COINS FOR GOLDEN DREAMS

V2:
Can you tell me where did I go wrong
Cause my life's come apart at the seams
Now all that I have to help me along
Are COPPER COINS FOR GOLDEN DREAMS

Br:	
I wish I knew what it takes to have
A love that will always stay
Though I'm down on my luck
I'm not giving up
Till I find the way

V3:
If you can help me, would you be so kind
Though I'm not a man of great means  
But I'll give all I've got if she could be mine
COPPER COINS FOR GOLDEN DREAMS

Br:
I wish I knew what it takes to have
A love that will always stay
Though I'm down on my luck
I won't give up
Till I find the way

V4:
So, I'm gonna stay here if it takes all night
Till the first ray of hope starts to gleam
Till my pockets are empty, till my tears are dry
Tossin' COPPER COINS FOR GOLDEN DREAMS
COPPER COINS FOR GOLDEN DREAMS

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