Exact Change
by Josie Wren · Country · Made with Suno · 0 plays
Style
country, acoustic, pedal steel, piano, soft
Prompt
Country pop ballad, warm husky female alto, soft vocal break, acoustic guitar, pedal steel, piano, singalong chorus
Lyrics
Mm, mm-mm Exact change is all I've got Four a.m., Dad's out of surgery, The nurse said, "He's resting, hon, go sit." Vending machine says exact change only, Two seventy-five for stale peanut-butter crackers, Highway robbery, but I'm not above it. I'm one quarter short, and Danny Digs in his jeans, sets his last one in my hand. He didn't say "I'm scared," he didn't say "I'm here," He just held out a quarter, and it came out clear. Exact change is all I've got, Not much, but it's what I brought, Exact change is all I've got. Two states apart, we trade a card at Christmas, Twelve months of "we should talk," and then we don't. But he drove all night in his work jacket, Sawdust on the sleeve, one bootlace dragging. Now he's asleep, mouth open, like he was nine. I'd tease him, but I'm saving it for later. He didn't say "I'm scared," he didn't say "I'm here," He just held out a quarter, and it came out clear. Exact change is all I've got, Not much, but it's what I brought, Exact change is all I've got. I used to think love was a speech, Something said with the whole room listening. Turns out it's a tired man in a sawdust jacket Pressing a quarter in my palm And not making me ask. Whatever you need, I'll show up and I'll stay, Right through the dark till it turns to day. Exact change is all I've got, Not much, but it's what I brought, Exact change is all I've got. Exact change is all I've got Exact change is all I've got