Penny On The Train Track - Ben Kweller

I'm just a penny on the train track 
Waitin' for my judgement 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 home town 
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 

Oh baby 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 judgement 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 

And I try, oh I try 
I can't stop, I don't know why