Oh Abraham

I see a penny and I pick it up

If not the money

I could use the luck

And if it's face down

I turn it over

Head for Wood Avenue

Between Inman and New Dover

Back in my home town

Gas is cheaper where I'm from

But the driving's not so good

People go and stay where they should not

And they don't do it like I would

Work is not the same as before

More soft wear hands in the hardware store

Oh Abraham look at all the money now

Oh Abraham good night

It's your party but

I'll cry if I want to

I wouldn't care how much they have

If they would only do what's right

I was born by a Kerouac stream

Under Eisenhower skies

They saw freedom as a big idea

Now it was right before my eyes

They said Jack helped to build the Pentagon

And Ike built this interstate that we are off and on

Oh Abraham was it all about the money then

Oh Abraham good night

It's your party but

I'll cry if I want to

All moneyed up and charmed with might

So we are right, we're always right

We're right, they're wrong

Let them get their own song (2X)

I see a penny and I pick it up

99 more and I have a buck

Abe you were born in old Kentuck'

But we still miss you here