Rupert Holmes — Both Sides of the Coin Revival Version

[Jasper] I am not myself these days For all I know, I might be you There's more than room enough for two Inside my mind! [Chairman] I am likewise in a haze Of who I am from scene to scene What's more, we two-- We four, I mean! Are in a bind! [Jasper] For is it I? Or is it me? [Chairman] And if I'm him? And if I'm he? Each one of us might not agree on what to do [Jasper] And if I take opposing sides Within myself then who divides up What is right or wrong? [Chairman] I'll go along with you [Both] Ha'penny, one penny, tu'penny, thru'penny Twelve to a shilling, twice that to a florin And would you not fancy the currency foreign To find the same face on both sides of the coin? Bob is your uncle from pennies to guineas The two-sided mint is the rule, not exception And would you not quite feel quite the fool of deception To find the same face on both sides of the coin? [Chairman] Odds or evens [Jasper] Heads or tails [Chairman] It's high or low [Jasper] Or black or white [Chairman] It's up or down [Jasper] Or left or right [Both] Or night or day! [Chairman] Nature seldom ever fails To most obligingly provide An undisclosed opposing side To one's dismay [Jasper] There's shadows in the shining morn [Chairman] If there's a rose it bears a thorn [Jasper] You're as good as dead as soon as born [Both] And yet we smile! [Chairman] But luck's division is perverse [Jasper] It seems to work more in reverse [Chairman] If things are better, they'll be worse in just a while! [Both] Ha'penny, one penny, tu'penny, thru'penny Twelve to a shilling, twice that to a florin And would you not fancy the currency foreign To find the same face on both sides of the coin? Bob is your uncle from pennies to guineas The two-sided mint is the rule, not exception And would you not quite feel quite the fool of deception To find the same face on both sides of the coin? Both sides of the coin! Hey!