[Verse 1] I’ve got a pocketful of wisdom Minted sometime after lunch No one asked me for an answer But I’ve got myself a hunch I can slide it ’cross the table Like it ought to pay the rent But it’s only legal tender Where my own thoughts represent [Chorus] Just my two cents And worth just that Shiny in my pocket But it might land flat I can spend it like a fortune I can speak it like it’s true But my two cents only matter As much to me as yours to you [Verse 2] Every mouth becomes a marketplace Every mind sets its own price One man’s priceless revelation Is another’s poor advice We polish up our little judgments Till they gleam with confidence Then act surprised when no one wants them At their full imagined expense [Chorus] Just my two cents And worth just that Shiny in my pocket But it might land flat I can spend it like a fortune I can speak it like it’s true But my two cents only matter As much to me as yours to you [Bridge] Some opinions grow in value When they’re tempered, kind and earned Some are counterfeit conclusions From a lesson never learned And the wisest voice may whisper, “Here’s the way it looks to me” Not demand the whole damn world Adopt its private currency [Verse 3] So I’ll offer you my thinking Without calling it a fact You can keep it, you can lose it You don’t owe me something back Truth was never made more truthful By the volume it presents And conviction cannot turn a thought Into more than someone’s cents [Final Chorus] Just my two cents And worth just that Not a crown upon my head Or a rabbit from a hat I can lay it on the counter You can leave it where it fell ’Cause my two cents buy a kingdom Only in my mind as well [Outro] Just my two cents… Take ’em or leave ’em there They’re worth a little something To the one who put them there
