5 on 7

5 on 7

Was headin’ out of Philadelphia

Gonna take a trip out to West L.A.

Shorted out on the last month’s rent,

Packed the truck and then I closed up the apartment

‘Cause I got a little note from a long lost friend

Said she wants to take me back again

Got a question stuck in my head

As I passed on by the gate down in St. Louis

Just what am I doin’ here?

Am I any wiser now?

Well, I guess that’s what I get

From punching clocks and cashing pay checks

But am I any smarter than the day

When I first laid eyes on that old friend?

Gas station man, put 5 down on 7

Ran out of money when I got to Haynes

Tried to give her a call, but I just got her machine

Took a couple of jobs for some pay

But the cash burned faster than them great old plains

Caught up in a brushfire

Am I any wiser now?

Well, I guess that’s what I get

From punching clocks and cashing pay checks

But am I any smarter than the day

When I first laid eyes on that old friend?

Gas station man, put 5 down on 7

Things got a little slow for me here

Since the truck blew out both first and second gears

At least this’ll give me one last chance

To get my shit back together and find a new romance

Kinda hard takin’ tips as a pauper

Buried down deep here in Moapa

But you’re the first decent one I met in this town that I can’t get out of

Gas station man

Won’t you buy me a round?

5 on 7…….