![]() Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). ![]() 1 Album Lyrics1.A Penny for Your Thoughts (Live)2.Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel3.Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (Live)4.It Only Takes a Minute5.It Only Takes a Minute (Live)Tavares Lyrics provided by Get the embed code Tavares - The Big Show Vol. Penny for your thoughts (Ooh, baby), a nickel for a kiss The phrase a penny for your thoughts goes back at least. ![]() Lovers sometimes say a penny for your thoughts in order to move along a discussion when making plans for the future or simply when they are whispering endearments to each other. Penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss (Ooh, a kiss, baby) The phrase a penny for your thoughts is a gentle coaxing to hear your thoughts, a request rather than a demand. So here's penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss (Ooh, your thoughts, baby) So here's penny for your thoughts (Hey, baby), a nickel for a kissĪ dime if you tell me that you love me (You tell me you love me) Girl, if I had a crystal ball I would gaze into your mind See what you were thinkin', if my ship was sinkin' If I had a crystal ball I would gaze into your mind Though face to face you swear I'm the only one People love to talk, they say you're usin' me Just for entertainment purposes only. It's just a guessing game and I can't help feelin' used A Penny For Your Thoughtsby TavaresNO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. Then soon another face steals your eyes away Walkin' holdin' hands, you say you're mine all mine Penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss So, a penny for your thoughts? Let us know what you’re thinking and how this is helpful for your English learning process.So here's penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss ![]() In such wise yt not wtoute som note & reproch of suche vagaraunte mind, other folk sodainly say to them: a peny for your thought.Ī rough paraphrase of the above is “when people notice that someone appears disengaged and wish them to rejoin the conversation, they ask ‘a penny for your thoughts’.” Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons I've got to know where I stand I just for to know where I am with you So here's penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss A dime if you tell me that you love me Penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss A dime if you tell me that you love me Walkin' holdin' hands, you say you're mine all mine Then soon another face steals. In 1535, Sir Thomas More wrote in A Treatyce upon the last thynges (‘Four Last Things’): James Rogers in the “The Dictionary of Clichés” says that the saying is from a time when the British penny was worth a significant sum. Become A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons Penny for your thoughts I've got to know where I stand I just for to know where I am with you So here's penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss A dime if you tell me that you love me Penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss A dime if you tell me that you love me Walkin' holdin' hands, you say you're mine all mine Then. Looks like the phrase is at least 400 years old, and so getting a precise etymology may be hard. It is an invitation to a person who looks like they have something to say, but hesitant or lost in thought to express their ideas. The simplest meaning for “a penny for your thoughts” is: “What’s on your mind?” or “Tell me what you are thinking,” especially when someone looks pensive, or they haven’t said very much and have been quiet for a while about a specific topic. When you hear someone says that they would give you a penny for your thoughts, you might imagine yourself getting paid for your all the things that go through your head, and consequently, you would be rich! But that is why this is just an idiomatic expression.
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