Lyrics
The marble steps on Mount Vernon are cold in November.
Colder than the look your father gave, asking what I do.
So listen, Ms. Mae, I know I owe you the future,
but the one you sold me is just dust settling on this Wurlitzer for you.
[Chorus]
They say I should be grieving, but the tears just cost too much.
Got a late fee on my feelings, and my heart is out to lunch.
So forgive my trespasses, my balance is past due.
I can't afford to miss her when I'm this deep in the red with you.
[Verse 2]
Smell of Old Bay on my hands from the back of the kitchen,
wiping down the table where some Hopkins kid is sitting.
Heard him tell his girlfriend, "It's just sixty grand, whatever."
And I'm supposed to write a love song? The meter's in the red forever.
[Chorus]
They say I should be grieving, but the tears just cost too much.
Got a late fee on my feelings, and my heart is out to lunch.
So forgive my trespasses, my balance is past due.
I can't afford to miss her when I'm this deep in the red with you.
[Bridge]
(Instrumental Breakdown: A raw, overdriven Wurlitzer solo fights against a lush string section. Underneath it all, a lone, finger-picked acoustic guitar plays a simple, haunting folk pattern. The Questlove-style drums build in intensity for 20 seconds before cutting out, leaving only the Wurlitzer's final, hanging chord.)
[Outro]
The ficus you left is turning brown at the edges.
Just another debt I can't pay, another one of your pledges.
About Donny Hayworth
Donny Hayworth never planned to be a musician. Raised in Baltimore's Roland Park, he was halfway through a Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins before he finally surrendered to the songs he heard in his head, swapping a stable future for $60,000 in student debt and a vintage Wurlitzer. His intimate, conversational soul music is a direct line to his life now: grappling with a recent breakup…
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