Lyrics

Wooden Nickel
Words and music by Carrie Ferguson

We were up in this bus and it whizzed through the sky
I lost track of how often the world went by
But it was crowded and they were looking at me
Said honey its time to be all you can be

So they gave me a skin and a sack full of bones
“Don’t worry you won’t be alone”
And they pushed me out the window and I landed here
And now I don’t know what I’m doing

And if I ever get back
I’ll tell ‘em that I saw you and you’re doing so so
Things would be much better
If we could just remember what we already know

Well, I went down to the river, it was already crowded
Poets and prophets singing the blues
Seems like every good storys’ already been told
But you get what you’re given and you can’t always choose

You can live like a saint or a criminal and a fraud
Make a pact with the devil or a deal with god
One is stubborn and the other is fickle
But they’re just two sides of the same wooden nickel

And if I ever get back
I’ll tell ‘em that I saw you and you’re doing so so
Things would be much better
If we could just remember what we already know

Well, I think its all this falling puts the shrug into our shoulders
Martyrs die of patience on the mountain pushing boulders
It’s a practical joke when you’re not in the mood
It’s the kind of gift that makes you choke on your food
You know you gotta take it with a good attitude
So you force yourself to laugh, you don’t want to be rude

And if I ever get back
I’ll tell ‘em that I saw you and you’re doing so so
Things would be much better
If we could just remember what we already know

So I tried to make it work, I tried to figure it out
Was there a plan or a purpose I forgot about
Lost my map and operating instructions
I need a thirty second mission message self-destruction