Pocket Change Lyrics

Pocket Change lyrics

Im sittin in this diner suckin down week old coffee

 And they didnt have any cream and they didnt have any sugar

 And their grits were gritty and their eggs were even grittier

 But I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon

 

 Let me tell you something mister, I spent last night with my best
girlfriends

 Best friend and her sister

 The moon was bright and I was tight

 Higher than the cliched kite

 Man, I was a sight

 And I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon

 

 And I went to start my car

 But my car wouldnt go

 And I didnt have no money

 I didnt have no dough

 And B. Bumble & The Stingers was playin on the radio

 And the river, the river was filled up with silt

 You cant even get a boat outa here anymore

 

 I wondered, you know I just wondered why it happened that

 way

 It all happened so fast

 Look out, it was already today

 And I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon

 I wonder why she wants me any old way

 

 In the mirror, I looked over the bar, man, I looked like a raccoon

 Now the radio is playin John Lee Hooker goin Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom

 The waitress poured more coffee

 It was so thick you could cut it with a spoon

 And I looked into her eyes and I fell right into her wound

 But I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon

 And that time was approaching soon

 

 I stepped outside and the world went by so fast it made my head spin

 I decided I had to immediately duck back in

 The waitress, she came over and she asked me 

 Hey, why didnt I like it

 Im not eating my food

 And I said no, I just dont think I was hungry as I was

 The food is really good

 And she said youre lying

 I said no, Im just trying to be polite

 She says now Ive heard everything

 Goodnight

 And I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon

 

 Man, I looked over my shoulder 

 And in walked this man who was seven feet tall

 And he asks me, he said, are you Nelson Algren

 And I said no, son

 And he pulled out his gun and he says well then

 Give me your wallet

 And I said I aint got one

 And then he stuck his gun in my face and he just said just in case your
lyin

 You better stand up and let me take a look

 And as he rumbled through my pocket he found a book

 And he looked at me and he says whats this and I said it was a book I wrote

 And he just laughed man, he just laughed at me

 And he gave it back and he said well, then Im gonna take your coat

 

 And I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon

 I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon

 

 So I said, I said shoot me, I said shoot me but please make it quick

 Cause that stuff I drank the night before, it was, it was makin me really

 Frightfully sick

 And I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon

 I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon

 I was supposed to be getting married in the afternoon