Lyrics
The condensation on your Yuengling bottle
Draws a line across the bar top wood.
You're talkin' 'bout a future, neatly planned,
Uncut silk held right there in your hand.
You ask me if the El train's running late,
And I just stare right through the Fishtown slate.
[Chorus]
So do I pull the thread?
Do I say what's in my head?
And watch the whole damn pattern unravel for you instead?
Yeah, do I pull the thread?
[Verse 2]
Last Tuesday, ‘bout a quarter to three,
He was in this corner, but not with me.
His laugh was a cheap corduroy sound,
Buying a stranger another round.
"You good?" you say, and squeeze my arm so tight,
As the neon spills into the night.
[Chorus]
So do I pull the thread?
Do I say what's in my head?
And watch the whole damn pattern unravel for you instead?
Yeah, do I pull the thread?
[Bridge]
A lie's a stitch that's set in wrong;
You think it's strong, but not for long.
Just one loose thread you failed to trim.
[Outro]
I just nod and pour you one more.
A loose thread hangin', and nothing more.
About Teddy Penderly
Teddy Penderly was supposed to compose symphonies. After a fiery exit from the Curtis Institute of Music, the North Philadelphia native found his real education behind the bar of a downtown cocktail lounge. It's there, listening to the city's late-night confessions, that he crafts his lush, orchestral soul music. These songs, written on a Wurlitzer in his Fishtown basement, are for anyone who's…
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Loose Thread is R&B / Soul.
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