Laundromat
Charles Ellsworth Lyrics

You were walking to the Laundromat
I was coming home from work
You said "I got a pocket full of quarters
Would you like to shoot some pool?
I've been in town about a year now
And I ain't got too many friends
And I'm just trying to find somebody kind
To spend the afternoon with
Do you mind?"
"Hope you don't mind."

MaryAnn said goodbye about a week and a half back
And I'd been spending all my time wandering the pages of my past
Last thing that I wanted was to catch a woman's gaze
But there was a kindness in your laughter
I could see it written on your face

So I said, "Alright,..'
'No, I don't mind."

Sometimes the motion of the spinning earth, it drives me insane
And I just
Want to cut and run, but I can't get away from it all
'cause where you go, there you are
That thing behind your thoughts, observing it's wretched...

Suicide sweet mornings and the smell of tangerines
You and all the alcohol were engraved upon my dreams
Eternity. A Highway. Thoughts of you and myself
Projections on a girl to decorate a bedroom self
And I was mystified...

Oh, darling

I could see the future and it was smiling at you
Laying over worlds apart scratching short of the truth
The jealous subtleties of an insecure boy
Addicted to the comfort of an out of reach love

While the motion of the spinning Earth, it drove you insane
And I just
Watched you cut and run, now I can't get away from it all
'cause where I go, there you are
That thing behind my thoughts observing it's lovely self

I drove from Utah to Chicago and all of hell in between
Oh, the sweet, soft pull of icy tombs off Highway 23
In it to whatever end. Stoned and deaf and blind
My Honda like a missile
Just flying through the night
I watched the future and the truth collide

Now, I'm just sitting in this motel with you humming through my mind

The spinning of the earth, I think it's starting to say
That you can try to cut and run
But you won't get away from it all
Learn how to love who you are
Embrace the thing behind your thoughts and let yourself ride on
Ride on

Ride on

Right on