If I had a nickle

For every nickle I've had

I'd be rich now

But they tempt and they tickle

They trickle right out of my hands

Like love somehow

I think of the hearache, the pain, and the cost

The friends and the fortunes I've gained and I've lost



But I never lost you

No, I never lost you

I don't know how I've managed to hold on to

Something so true

But I never lost you



Some things were stolen

Others were simply misplaced

And unrecovered

Like undying loyalty

Conviction and truth and faith

In another

I just keep letting it go til it's gone

Til all I have left is the one who held on



But I never lost you

No, I never lost you

Lost everything else, I even lost myself

A time or two

But I never lost you



But I never lost you

No, I never lost you

I don't know how I've managed to hold on to

Something so true

But I never lost you