i wish there was more that i could give

i found her settin' on a sioux city park bench

on a late november afternoon

me

i was just driftin' through. she said she was fourteen

and runnin' away from home

and no

she wouldn't mind some company. so i sat down and smoked my last cigarette; she pulled out a candy bar

and we started talkin' about the how's and the whys

and we watched the first snow start to fall

i said

hey