Ratboys - Penny in the Lake
Song of the Day
Minnesota Public Radio
4.5 • 605 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Today’s Song of the Day is “Penny in the Lake” from Ratboys’ album Singin' to an Empty Chair, out now.
Ratboys will be performing at Fine Line on Thursday, April 16.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What do-l-a-l-ah-ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-hruh. Today's going to change my life. |
| 0:30.0 | What's for breakfast, Jesus cries, poking the bearer one night at a time. |
| 0:38.3 | Barry's dropping from the sky. |
| 0:41.3 | Yes, it's time to make a pie making our own good luck. |
| 0:48.3 | Now, there's a panic in the lake, but it's not what I thought. |
| 0:57.0 | It's just someone's wish they forgot. |
| 1:02.0 | There's a penny in the lake, but it's not what I thought. |
| 1:10.0 | Just someone's rare |
| 1:12.6 | Slave |
| 1:13.6 | The car Motor bike is running fine |
| 1:28.1 | We ski in the summertime |
| 1:30.5 | The bugs are writing books |
| 1:34.8 | With their eyes |
| 1:37.3 | Big old dancer cuts a rock |
| 1:40.1 | Steps your toe on a slug |
| 1:43.3 | It's your classic |
| 1:45.0 | Slip in the slide down |
| 1:48.0 | There's a penny in the lake |
| 1:51.0 | But it's not what I thought |
| 1:54.0 | It's just someone's wish they forgot |
| 1:59.0 | There's a penny in the week |
| 2:03.6 | But it's not what I thought |
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