Losing a nut
   
  Working on my carburetor
  listening to the 'Pogues';
  set my wrench down on the fender
  and think about this girl.
   
  See her sitting in a cafe
  studying Spanish and drinking Coke.
  She smiles at me and makes me shiver.
  I just want to -- Damn, I dropped a nut.
   
  Take a drink of cool Budweiser,
  tell my dog ta get out'a the street,
  wipe the grease off of my hands;
  wish I had her by my side.
   
  May I sit down at your table?
  Remember we had that poetry class?
  We talk a while
  but her eyes are all --
   
  Her eyes... If I could just get --
  That's better. Now for the vacuum
  hose.   Her eyes are...
  Fuck, she's all-over beautiful.
   
  Saw her once out at'a park
  Bands were playing     she was dancing
  I couldn't speak -
  she didn't smile.
   
  So now we're sitting and I'm listening
  God, her smile     her eyes
  Want to tell her ___
  She says she has to go.
   
  It's sure been nice talking to you.
  Hope we meet again someday.
  Watch her glide right through the tables
  I'll prob'ly never see her again.
   
  Tighten down the carburetor,
  take a toke on last night's roach,
  slam the hood on my old Ford truck
  and take 'er down the road.


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