Met her at a friendly little bar down along the coast   She said it was her birthday so we had us a nice little toast   Drove around for a while, smoked a few cigarettes   Took her back to my place, she slipped off her party dress   She sat for a while on the edge of the bed just talkin'   Loose change in my pocket   Loose change in my pocket      Pint of gin in my boot cuff, I'm drivin' for a drink and a dance   Sittin' on the next stool, miss a little time on her hands   Yeah I knew she was trouble, but trouble sure was lookin' fine   And when I pulled her close what I knew kinda slipped my mind   We lay in bed and watched the moon come up crawling   Loose change in my pocket   Loose change in my pocket      I pour another drink, wait for the night to get through   Stars are burning in that black void so far away and blue      Now I'm sittin' at a red light I feel somethin' tickin' way down   The night's moving like a slow train crawling through this shithole town   Got my bags packed in the back and I'm tryin' to get going again   But red just goes to green and green goes red and then   Then all I hear's the clock on the dash tick-tocking   Loose change in my pocket   Loose change in my pocket