Setting Up Shop - Aloha

Street lights flicker and die

I think it’s time to come inside

It’s been a while

I want to hear your pointy shoes tapping on the hardwood

These empty homes we can make them good

We’ve got a sleeping bag, a wind-up clock and a puffy coat

For most of us, ain’t a lump in our throats

We were sixteen people, setting up shop, praying that a little rain would keep

us here another day

Knock, yeah, knock

We’re coming to the city like we never forgot it

To wait for trees, for the cover of leaves takes more time than we’ve got

And I could drink the rain all day

The roof will be ours

Your hair will take hours to drain

The echo of the walls makes you loud

You’re welcome to shout, but up to my ears the lightest sounds will come out

Now we’re just two people living in a house

Our chimney throwing signs

The garden growing rings

And wind to carry everything