Track Insight / Lyrics
My porch chair rocks on warped pine boards
Springs groan low like foghorn chords
Neon blue cuts through the sheeting rain
Twenty-four hour wash and spin again
Spin cycle turns the night to white
Fluorescent buzz swallows the light
Wet wool socks tumble in the drum
Salt wind sings where I come from
Keeper's eyes track each revolving door
Counting loads washed on the floor
A woman folds a child's red coat
Steam rises from her cotton throat
Spin cycle turns the night to white
Fluorescent buzz swallows the light
Wet wool socks tumble in the drum
Salt wind sings where I come from
My lamp oil's low, the wick is trimmed
Horizon blurred, the shore lights dimmed
But here the machines keep steady beat
Detergent scent and rain on street
Spin cycle turns the night to white
Fluorescent buzz swallows the light
Wet wool socks tumble in the drum
Salt wind sings where I come from
She offers coffee in a paper cup
Bitterness warms my fingers up
No words needed, just the steam between
Two souls washed by the same machine
The spin slows down, the cycle ends
She lifts the basket, turns, extends
A nod, a smile, the door swings wide
Rain still falls but I'm warm inside
Chair keeps rocking, springs still sing
Lighthouse heart in everything
The washers hum their lullaby
Salt and soap beneath the sky
Spin cycle turns the night to white
Fluorescent buzz swallows the light
Wet wool socks tumble in the drum
Salt wind sings where I come from
Spin cycle turns the night to white
Fluorescent buzz swallows the light
Rain hammers tin roof slow
Foot stomp fades out low