Intrigued by the title, I couldn't resist finding it, listening to it, and copying down the lyrics. May not be 100% correct, but pretty close...

PENNY ANNIE
Recorded By: Larry Gatlin

Rag-tag little girl with big blue eyes and yellow hair,
Barely standin' two feet above the ground,
Dancin' for handouts at the Crockett County fair,
She cast a spell on ev'ryone around.

Ev'rybody calls her Penny Annie.
She danced for a penny or for free.
If Annie had been any older then,
I bet a penny I’d have taken Annie home with me.

Years went by and she became a lady at the fair,
Dancin' for a penny or for free.
Then one year she disappeared. no one knew just why,
But now the Crockett County fair ain't what it used to be.

Then one night I saw her name on a flashing neon sign,
Sayin' “Penny Annie dances just for you.”
She was showin' off her womanhood doin' the bump and grind.
I can't say that I enjoyed the view.

She still dances on for a penny.
She dances not for pleasure but from pain.
She's not the same Penny Annie any more.
She's dancin' to try to feed the hunger in her veins.

Now she works lyin' on her back, dancin' to a different tune,
Doin' one-hour stands with any man she finds.
She shoots away the pain, but then it comes again too soon.
She's payin' the fiddler who's been fiddlin' with her mind, her body and mind.

Didn't anybody ever tell you, Annie?
If you dance with any man who plays a tune,
The dance is fun, but when the dance is done,
Sometimes you'll find you danced with ev'ry devil in the room.

Ev'rybody calls her Penny Annie.
She danced for a penny or for free.
If Annie had been any older then,
I bet a penny I’d have taken Annie home with me.

Tag:
Dear God, I’m wishing I had taken Annie home with m-e-e-e-e.


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