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Uncle Ed parked his car at Yankee Stadium

And he walked to the San Diego Zoo

It took eleven months. He lost 27 pounds

And he wore out three pairs of shoes

He called my mother from Youngstown, Ohio

And he asked her to check on his car

She said, «What in God’s name are you doing, Ed?»

He said, «I'm looking for a place to start.»

When you’re ready to go

Or when you’re falling apart

Everybody’s looking for a brand new start

And with our empty pockets and our aching hearts

Everybody’s looking for a place to start

I was ten years old when he parked his car

And I thought that was cooler than cool

Just to pick up and go, do whatever you want

Like a lifetime vacation from school

He called from St. Louis and said, «Guess what, kid?

I just shook Chuck Berry’s hand.»

Mama said, «God Almighty, Ed, not again!»

And I was ten, so I didn’t understand

But when you’re losing your way

Or when you’re falling apart

Everybody’s looking for a brand new start

And with our empty pockets and our aching hearts

Everybody’s looking for a place to start

Every week he’d call us from wherever he was

And he’d tell us all the things he’d done

But the people and the stories they got so strange

It stopped being any kind of fun

Like the man who lived in a cardboard box

And kept a rattlesnake in a paper sack

Mama said, «This is way past crazy, Ed.» I said

«Ask him when he’s coming back.»

And Mama said

«Your uncle is a little bit broken

He’s a little mixed up inside

He isn’t really looking for a place to start;

He’s looking for a place to hide

He’s turning into his brother

It’s been coming for years

But you’re not like them — you take after me

And you have a place to start right between your ears.»

But he never came back. He just lived on the street

He always liked to be near the beach

Twenty more years, just the one pair of shoes

And normal was way out of reach

I went out and found him when Mom passed away

He had his world in a grocery cart

I said, «Twenty damn years, Ed. What the hell?»

He said, «I never found a place to start.»

And when you’ve lost your way

And when you’ve fallen apart

You can still dream a brand new start

And with our empty pockets and our aching hearts

Everybody’s looking for a place to start

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