Penny On The Train Track Lyrics - Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller

I'm just a penny on the train track 

Waitin' for my judgment day 

Come on baby girl, let me see those legs 

Before I get flattened away 

I wait 

Yeah, I wait 

For something good 

For something great 

Stoppin' in somebody's old hometown 

Gotta get that midnight meal 

If you can't get behind your own life 

Get behind the driving wheel 

And go 

Just go 

Find a place 

That you don't know 

Ran into a friend just the other night 

Got a badge, he's a local cop 

Haven't seen that boy in over seven years 

Since out of high school I dropped 

I see 

I see 

All the things 

That I should be 

Ooh, come on baby and dance with me 

Even lucky man has a bad day 

And pretty girl has a scar 

After that train comes and takes me away 

Pick up that guitar 

And play 

Just play 

Play that rock and roll 

For me 

He's in the yard just washin' his car 

Thinkin' 'bout his pretty wife 

Makin' lemonade with the kitchen aid 

Makin' him a perfect life 

And it's grim 

So dim 

When you wish 

That you were just like him 

I'm just a penny on the train track 

Waitin' for my judgment day 

Come on baby girl, let me see those legs 

Before I get flattened away 

I wait 

I wait 

For something good 

For something great 

I wait 

Yeah, I wait 

For something good 

For something great 

Yeah, I wait 

Yeah, I wait 

For something good 

For something great 

And I try 

Oh, I try 

I can't stop 

I don't know why