The quarter that dropped

Hola, peeps. Just got to say that I wrote this in 1999 so it is so last century. This'll get me started today.

The Quarter That Dropped

I got down the road so far
I forgot where I began.
I got caught up in the dust and weeds
And now I don't know where I am.
I can't even hitch a ride
I've forgotten where I've been.
Maybe I'll just sit and wait
in case I pass this way again.

I was writing my biography
til I went and lost my place.
But everything's only temporary
that's why life's in lower case.
Got my hands in my pockets
got my head on some better days.
Got half a mind to call you up...
gotta learn from my mistakes.

The quarter that dropped was a quarter that fell.
I was thinking to phone but I was feeling like hell.
I was cruising along, I was having my way.
I was driving alone and I was going astray.
In our tiny town is where I said goodbye.
But that was long ago, it's a tear that's dried.
A tear that I ain't even sure it fell.
Least that's what I tell myself.

Not sure just what I had wanted
but I was sure it wasn't there.
And that led me far away from home
smack dab to who knows where.
Every stranger's got a big old smile
just before he knocks you down.
Every scar is just another tale
from another ramshackle town.

The quarter that dropped was a quarter I spent.
I was thinking to call but I was way too bent.
I was cruising along, I was having my way.
I was driving alone and I was going astray.
In our tiny town is where I said goodbye.
But that was long ago, it's a tear that's dried.
A tear that I ain't even sure it fell.
Least that's what I tell myself.

Ed
Yokosuka, Japan

Travelin' Ed, out