LOOSE CHANGE IN NASHVILLE [ country-folk; co-written by Daniel Muhammad ]     Well Gran'pa used to tell me, don’t try to fix what’s broke     And I never could quite figure out if that was just his joke     To keep me from feeling sorry for the wretched life I live     Tryin' to squeeze water from a stone that’s got no more to give           Wanted to play my steel guitar on the Grand Ol’ Opry           So I hitchhiked from West LA out to Nashville, Tennessee           Guess I learned the hard way, tough to eat playin’ songs for free           But without a shirt left on my back, don’t mind so much the humidity     Found a cardboard box under a bridge not far from Music Row     And I was just settlin’ in when the sheriff said it’s time to go     Now I’m stranded here on Broadway hopin’ to someday score     Playin’ for loose change outside of the Ernest Tubb record store           Wanted to play my steel guitar on the Grand Ol’ Opry           So I hitchhiked from West LA out to Nashville, Tennessee           Guess I learned the hard way, tough to eat playin’ songs for free           But without a shirt left on my back, don’t mind so much the humidity     Well, it ain’t so bad in Nashville except for when it rains     Which is half the night most every day, least that’s how it seems     Guess if you wanna be a big star, bound to pay a big price     Sure hope I’m not asked to do this gig much more than once or twice           Wanted to play my steel guitar on the Grand Ol’ Opry           So I hitchhiked from West LA out to Nashville, Tennessee           Guess I learned the hard way, tough to eat playin’ songs for free           But without a shirt left on my back, don’t mind so much the humidity           Now I’m stranded here on Broadway still hopin’ to someday score           Playin’ for loose change outside of the Ernest Tubb record store             Copyright © by Daniel Muhammad ASCAP and Richard Aberdeen ASCAP Copyright © by Freedom Tracks Music ASCAP        No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from publisher. Inquiries:  Freedom Tracks Records.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.