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Throw a PennyBee Gees

Released: June 15, 1974

Songwriter: Robin Gibb Barry Gibb

Producer: Arif Mardin

[Verse 1: Barry Gibb]
Little child , I have found
If I stood up and looked around
I'd see a brand new face staring right back at me
I believe, I am sure
That I'm taller then I was before
Building a brand new bridge into sincerity
But it's the times like this, we must learn to grow

[Chorus: Robin Gibb]
Throw a penny for my children, they are going down
When the light shines down much brighter, many souls are found
And can't believe what they're saying in the overground
Throw a penny for my children going down

[Bridge: Robin Gibb]
Listen to the wise man as he breathes
He's really loving me (loving me)
He must be loving me (loving me)
At night I turn my face into the wind
And I whisper secretly, what means the most to me
And bring him close

[Verse 2: Barry Gibb]
Make it bad, make it good
Make it easy to be understood
I see a velvet day breaking across the sky
I believe, I am sure
I am taller then I was before
Building a brand new bridge
I know I'm gonna try
But it's the times like this, we must find out why

[Chorus: Robin Gibb]
Throw a penny for my children they are going down
When the light shines down much brighter, many souls are found
And I can't believe what they're saying in the overground
Throw a penny for my children going down

[Coda - Fade: Barry Gibb]
Throw a penny for my children, for my children going down
Throw a penny for my children, for my children going down
Throw a penny for my children, for my children going down
Throw a penny for my children, for my children going down

Bee Gees

The three Gibb brothers were very close as children and spent most of their time together. Barry was born in 1946, and his twin brothers Maurice and Robin were born in 1949. Together, they went on to become one of the most popular bands of the 1970s.

The Bee Gees have sold more than 220 million records worldwide, and functioned as a group almost continuously from 1958 to 2003, when Maurice Gibb suddenly died during a coma.

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