Quarters

English translation

One, two, three, four

Wish I could stick my memories

Under my pillow for a quarter each

Losin' all my baby teeth anyway

So give me a quarter, please

I just want a gumball at the mall

Here I am, in a place I've never been

All alone, two decades old

My best friend is a cat who is buried in the yard

Across the country safe at home

Wouldn't you believe the things we do to breathe?

The things we gotta just let go?

Endin' up again in a place I've never been

All alone, two decades old

And I'm excited for Colorado

But not for the altitude

Got real sick last time I went

So I'm givin' Mother Earth some attitude

All alone watchin' a movie

In some motel in New Jersey

Nobody here can hurt me

They don't know me well enough to

Here I am, in a place I've never been

All alone, two decades old

Learnin' different words for the clouds up over head

But the stars are still the same as home

Wouldn't you believe the things we do to breathe?

The things we gotta just let go?

Endin' up again in a place I've never been

All alone, two decades old

I wanna move and never settle down

But I also want a chicken coop and a thousand hounds

Mind if I keep you in my collection?

I gotta build new friendships, new connections

Here I am, in some place I've never been

All alone, it don't get old

Learnin' how to cope with the fact it has to end

When I'm out of quarters in my coat

Didn't wanna leave Willy on the scene

Fig will have to learn to float

Startin' over again in some place I've never been

All alone, two decades old