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Six days of dirt.
One pile.
One chance.
Monday through Friday we bled into cotton
Grass on the knees and the gym shorts forgotten
Wednesday came down like a hammer and a bell
School, piano, tutoring, a week inside a shell
Sock in the corner with a life of its own
Hamper's overflowing, it's a mountain, it's a throne
Saturday sun hits the hallway floor
The beast is awake and it's scratching at the door
NO CLEAN SHIRT
NO FREEDOM
NO CLEAN SHIRT
NO FREEDOM
MOVE THE WASHER TO THE DRYER
AND THE DRYER TO THE COUCH
AND THE DIRTY CLOTHES TO THE WASHER
MOVE THE WASHER TO THE DRYER
AND THE DRYER TO THE COUCH
AND THE DIRTY CLOTHES TO THE WASHER
FOLD IT
STACK IT
DRAWER
Ollie on the lid with the timer in his fist
Elliot counting shirts like a Salsa Verde list
The flag's in the backyard, it's snapping in the wind
The clan does not march till the laundry's closing in
Dogs at the gate and they know what it means
Nobody walks till there's twelve pairs of jeans
Detergent. Load it. Lid comes down.
That's the sound of a Saturday getting its crown
DON'T BE THE STINKY KID
DON'T BE THE SMELL IN THE HALL
DON'T BE THE STINKY KID
CLEAN OR NOTHING AT ALL
MOVE THE WASHER TO THE DRYER
AND THE DRYER TO THE COUCH
AND THE DIRTY CLOTHES TO THE WASHER
MOVE THE WASHER TO THE DRYER
AND THE DRYER TO THE COUCH
AND THE DIRTY CLOTHES TO THE WASHER
On the other side of the pile there's a whole world waiting
Bowling alley thunder and the gutter ball hating
Pool water blue and the cannonball drop
GarageBand cranked till the neighbors say stop
Camera rolling on a movie with no script
Beach walk at JG's with the sand in the grip
It's all right there. It's all within reach.
But the dryer's still full and the dryer's a leech.
LOAD
SPIN
DRY
FOLD
LOAD
SPIN
DRY
FOLD
IT'S ON
IT'S ON
IT'S ON
MOVE THE WASHER TO THE DRYER
AND THE DRYER TO THE COUCH
AND THE DIRTY CLOTHES TO THE WASHER
MOVE THE WASHER TO THE DRYER
AND THE DRYER TO THE COUCH
AND THE DIRTY CLOTHES TO THE WASHER
Sunday night and the drawers are full
Five clean shirts and a Monday pull
The beast is dead till it wakes again
Six days of dirt.
Then we do it again.