Lyrics
The bucket of patching mix for the Formstone is on the porch.
We've been ignoring the hairline crack running north.
The old men on Fayette Street say it's a terrible sign
To fix the foundation on a house that's still yours and mine.
[Chorus]
And I am just trying to hold our home together.
You are looking at me like I'm trying to change the weather forever.
[Verse 2]
I bought the whole setup at the Canton hardware store last May.
You said, "It's just a wall, Donny," and then you turned away.
But your mother's people came from these same narrow halls,
They knew you don't seal a ghost inside of four living walls.
[Chorus]
And I am just trying to hold our home together.
You are looking at me like I'm trying to change the weather forever.
[Bridge]
I feel the damp grit of the compound under my fingernails.
Maybe this isn't a cure. Maybe this is how everything fails.
[Outro]
The mason's dust settles on the leaves of the ficus.
The mason's dust is all that's left of us.
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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