Penelope Halfpenny

C Penelope Halfpenny sat on the desk C Then stretched and grinned G She cracked her spine G And so we sinned Am F While Ruth in red and Beckett in blue Am F Into the confessional flew Dm G And in that box, unlocked their dreams Dm G While lovers ran hands on nylon Bb Penelope, Penelope, Penelope Halfpenny C Penelope Halfpenny C Asked a great deal C Turned on her heel G Through her squandered ambitions while marking time Am C F Taught lessons to all adjacent to crime Dm G From her days reporting to Scotland Yard blotter Dm G Who got who and who got what Dm G But none of that mattered, not one jot Bb C To Penelope, Penelope, Penelope, Penelope Halfpenny Em Am D G F G Ruth in red tumbled from her bed although, I know Em Am D G F Beckett in blue, hung there bleeding from the springs below G Penelope, Penelope C Penelope she came and went C We assumed that all her savings were spent G Her style of drama and her shape of face Am F Disappeared with the dot of a decimal place Dm G While Beckett in blue and Ruth in red Dm G Might for all I know be dead Dm G And to the church door both were driven Dm G Or could be somewhere, happily living Dm G Just in time to be forgiven Bb C N.C. Penelope, Penelope, Penelope, Penelope Halfpenny Em Am D G F G Em Am D G F Em Am D G C Em Am D G F G F G F G F G