If you please, a nickel's worth of sunshine

A quarter's worth would be too much
It'd burn a hole right through
Each time I tried to pick it up
It'd never get to you

A penny's worth is not enough
Though I know you'd not complain
You mean so much more to me
I hope you see that plain

A dime's worth is what I want to give
The max, the full amount
But that leaves no room for any more
It's the end, the final count

A nickel's worth is what I give
To shine and warm your soul
To light your way along the path
As we walk, and talk, and grow