Lyrics
The last drop of coffee in my Dolly Parton mug.
Jesse’s lunchbox on the counter, a superhero rug.
A streetlight makes a long gold stripe across the linoleum floor.
The old Kenmore fridge just started its humming war.
[Chorus]
(Loretta) Four seventeen.
(Harmonies) Four seventeen.
(Loretta) The only sound I own.
(Harmonies) All alone.
[Verse 2]
There's a loose button hangin' from the cuff of my good blouse.
A radio preacher's talkin' quiet 'bout a heavenly house.
I can smell the rain comin' on the July asphalt heat.
And the rhythm of my boy's breath, soft and sweet.
[Chorus]
(Loretta) Four seventeen.
(Harmonies) Four seventeen.
(Loretta) The only sound I own.
(Harmonies) All alone.
[Bridge]
Mama said, "That child's your anchor, girl, not your chain."
Some nights I darn near feel the difference in the coming rain.
[Outro]
(Loretta) Four eighteen.
(Harmonies) Four eighteen.
About Loretta Hayes
Loretta Hayes was supposed to leave Paintsville, Kentucky, but had her son, Jesse, at eighteen instead. Now, at twenty-eight, she pays the bills by mending clothes for her neighbors, a skill she learned from her grandmother. The songs she writes on her granddaddy’s old Gibson aren’t about fame or fortune; they’re about the exhaustion of a double shift, the ghosts of old promises, and the fierce…
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