If I had a nickel for every nickel 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 heartache, 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 trust 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