Well, in a little bitty nitty gritty one horse town

Right side up or upside down

A tiny piece of paper got stuck to a boot

And it stayed there stuck for about an hour or two

'Til the man climbed in his truck and he kicked it loose

Yeah and just like that it was back on the move



It got run over thirty-seven times in the street

'Til a bird picked it up 'cause it looked like something to eat

But it was finally dropped on the courthouse steps

The breeze started blowing and guess what was next

It blew in a car window gave an old man a scare

Caused a six-car pile up on the downtown square



It was floatin' around

High in the air

Even if you looked you may not see it there

It's just one of those things

We rarely ever think about

Yeah it could come from a hamburger bag or a bubble gum wrapper

It's a day in the life of a little scrap piece of paper



There it goes...here it comes



Two people in the shadows where they couldn't be seen

Both of them was wearin' someone else's ring

She said here's my new number, you better write it down

So he grabbed that piece of paper just a layin' on the ground

He folded it up, and put it in his jeans

'Til it was found by his wife at her washing machine



Well, she threw it in the trash, yeah she took it out the door

Well that's her job 'cause he don't live there no more

She put it by the curb in a rubber maid bin

'Til the neighbour's dog Spot knocked it over again

It was set free when the cold wind blew

Yeah and just like that it was back on the move



A just a floatin' around

High in the air

Even if you looked you may not see it there

It's just one of those things

We rarely ever think about

Yeah it could come from a hamburger bag or a bubble gum wrapper

It's a day in the life of a little scrap piece of paper



Just a floatin' around

High in the air

Even if you looked you may not see it there

It's just one of those things

We rarely ever think about

Yeah it could come from a hamburger bag or a bubble gum wrapper

It's a day in the life of a little scrap piece of paper