lyrics from “comfortable”
SALT & SAND
after the snowfall he’s still watching football
while she’s watching ice on the lake
she hears it breaking without even taking
a step from the house to the shore
one cool sheet only inches deep
will support a full grown man
thinking he walks on water
somebody’s daughter
dissolves in the salt & sand
wishing to shatter, a break that would scatter
her far from the life that she knows
but supper was thankless
cold pigs in a blanket
and he tracked more dirt on the floor
one cool sheet only inches deep
will support a full grown man
thinking he walks on water
somebody’s daughter
dissolves in the salt & sand
a candle is glowing; she puts it out
and leaves a pot pie on the counter
ice needs no kitchen to carve up a mountain
finally her courage has found her
just before midnight she pads through the moonlight
the keys to his pick-up in hand
when at the lakefront, the weight makes the ice grunt
as she steers toward center
one cool sheet only inches deep
will support a full grown man
thinking he walks on water
somebody’s daughter
dissolves in the salt & sand
