Hothouse Heart

[Verse 1]
The driver's side window of this Ford Ranger's fogged again
Smells like damp earth and last week's forgotten sin
Got a scratched-up CD of a band you'd hate
Screaming the words two miles past the interstate gate

[Chorus]
I'm singing it ugly, ripping the root out
Got a hothouse heart and a hurricane mouth
I'm screaming your truth 'til the poison gets out
Yeah, I'm singing it ugly, it's the only way now

[Verse 2]
July humidity sticks to the cracked vinyl seat
Remember last Sunday, the too-sour iced tea?
You said, "Honey, hush now, don't you make a scene"
Like some invasive vine strangling everything green

[Chorus]
I'm singing it ugly, ripping the root out
Got a hothouse heart and a hurricane mouth
I'm screaming your truth 'til the poison gets out
Yeah, I'm singing it ugly, it's the only way now

[Bridge]
Some roots run so deep they crack the foundation stone
This is the one prayer I only make alone
Down in the deep end where all the silence is grown

[Outro]
Singing it ugly!
Singing it ugly now!