Wandering Dryer

Lyrics

Verse 1
In the basement by the drain
There stands a beast in painted skin
You feed it towels, it sizes you up
Then decides if you win

It hums like it knows a secret
Spins one sock into the night
Then leaves your jeans half-frozen
Like a dare in weak gold light

Pre-Chorus
I hit start, you blink back
Like, “not yet, not tonight”
I wait on that red eye glow
For your temper to ignite

Chorus
Wandering dryer, wandering dryer
Dry me if you please
Wandering dryer, wandering dryer
Kneel to your own breeze

Wandering dryer, wandering dryer
You’ve got a wild old mind
(Wandering dryer)
You dry when you want to
And leave the rest behind

Verse 2
Sometimes you roar for an hour
Eat a shirt down to the thread
Sometimes you quit on the chorus
While the sheets still smell half-dead

My neighbor says, “that thing’s possessed”
My aunt says, “give it time”
I say it’s got a gambler’s heart
And a grin on the clothesline

Pre-Chorus
I press my palm to the lid
Like I’m swearing to the sea
One day you’re a furnace
Next day you ignore me

Chorus
Wandering dryer, wandering dryer
Dry me if you please
Wandering dryer, wandering dryer
Kneel to your own breeze

Wandering dryer, wandering dryer
You’ve got a wild old mind
(Wandering dryer)
You dry when you want to
And leave the rest behind

Bridge
Oh, late last winter
You saved my only coat
Then by dawn you sulked in silence
With a sock around your throat

I curse, then I laugh
At your holy little spite
You’re a tin-box prophet
Picking winners in the night

Final Chorus
Wandering dryer, wandering dryer
Dry me if you please
Wandering dryer, wandering dryer
Kneel to your own breeze

Wandering dryer, wandering dryer
You’ve got a wild old mind
(Wandering dryer)
You dry when you want to
And leave the rest behind