Boy With a Coin

by Iron and Wine

From the album: The Shepherd's Dog

Track 9 of 12 on The Shepherd's Dog (2007).

Duration: 04:05

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Lyrics for Boy With a Coin

A boy with a coin he found in the weeds With bullets and pages of trade magazines Close to a car that flipped on the turn When God left the ground to circle the world (Yeah, oh) A girl with a bird she found in the snow Then flew up her gown and that's how she knows That God made her eyes for crying at birth And then left the ground to circle the Earth (Yeah, oh) A boy with a coin he crammed in his jeans Then making a wish, he tossed in the sea And walked to a town that all of us burned When God left the ground to circle the world (Yeah, oh) (Yeah, oh) (Yeah, oh)

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More from The Shepherd's Dog

  1. Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car
  2. White Tooth Man
  3. Lovesong of the Buzzard
  4. Carousel
  5. House By the Sea
  6. Innocent Bones
  7. Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog)
  8. Resurrection Fern
  9. Boy With a Coin
  10. The Devil Never Sleeps
  11. Peace Beneath the City
  12. Flightless Bird, American Mouth