BOX #10 - In this song, a homeless man writes to his parents asking for money. Croce wrote the song when he was dirt poor. With no money for gas, he rode his bike from his apartment in the Bronx to into Manhattan to record a commercial for Big Sur Cigars. After the session, when Jim went to his bike, a homeless guy asked him for a dime so he could buy a cup of coffee, and Jim brought him into a coffee shop to buy him a cup. Over the cup of coffee, this guy told Jim his life story, which became t