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