Laundry

Laundry

I took my ring off for a minute yesterday
There are times when it just gets in the way
I still believe in everything I used to say
But I took my ring off for a minute yesterday

I took my heart out and I put it on a shelf
Behind that photograph of you and someone else
I know it’s me but I don’t recognize myself
Since I took my heart out and put it on a shelf

When Mama said to live a good life, you gotta give more than you get
But picking up dirty laundry wasn’t how I pictured it
When I was a young girl, I didn’t know what Mama meant by
Love is hard and grace ain’t heaven sent

I put my boots on and I walked out the front door
The way I swore I would a thousand times before
Don’t you believe the folks who say that less is more
I put my boots on and I walked out our front door

I packed my soul up and I took it for a ride
Down to the bridge where my brother’s dreams had died
So many things are lost and found upon the tides
I packed my soul up and I took it for a ride

When Mama said to live a good life, you gotta give more than you get
But picking up dirty laundry wasn’t how I pictured it
When I was a young girl, I didn’t know what Mama meant by
Love is hard and grace ain’t heaven sent

A flower grows up through the concrete on our step
Runnin’ wild, there’s no getting rid of it
Winter’s tried but sweet July has no regrets
A flower grows through the concrete on our step