Down In The Quarter Lyrics - Poco

Down in the quarterpast anybody's bedtime 

Anybody anywhere who was halfway out his mind 

I was sittin' in a Rock and roll bar 

Down from another 

Just on up the line 

I was talkin' with a new found friend 

Who lived his life 

On river time 

He was holdin' my attention I could 

Almost hear the sound 

How he ran on the Mississippi on a tug 

From the up and down 

He was rollin' like the river he could have 

Gone on night and day 

But I caught myself in midturn and I 

Never looked away and 

Could it ever happen again 

Time awaiting the answer then 

Lost and found in the city, New Orleans 

Questions in her dark eyes I felt 

She already knew 

The answers bringing no surprise 

Like a Spanish moon 

She was grown up on the music 

I could only hear at home 

When she spoke on of the song I sang 

And how it made her feel 

So much less alone 

Pickin' out the pictures that the tune 

Brought in to mind 

How it came to me that all along the song was 

Her for all time