Loose Change Lyrics - The Longest River - Olivia Chaney

He came, he went 

He conquered her that night 

Before he took flight 

Chauffeured from responsibility 

Competitive child 

Beneath a fertile, chestnut tree 

Even when she tied his laces 

He did not thank me 

Swinging her best shot 

He retold his bad jokes 

Side by side on the pavement 

Lost his phone heading home 

His tail between their legs 

She waved him farewell 

Behind wound-up, tinted glass 

Could not return from whence they came 

The open sky would only cause more pain 

So she took the high road 

With the Laundrettes 

The betting shops 

With the Orthodox 

Bought rollmops for her friend 

As the klezmer band marched on 

Took the coins, politely ran 

Conviction in her hand 

Like change, loose change 

She hears that same refrain 

Loosely changed 

It lands, you leave 

Regain, recede 

Disbelief suspends the match 

Fuels her every sense 

He wills her bare nerves worn to the edge 

Scores a bed-notch, pound of flesh 

Yet swore to return 

Bound in chains 

We hear that same refrain