Lyrics
The Waffle House sign hums a B-flat at 4:02.
Cora slides the salt shaker 'cross the formica slick.
Smells like old coffee and burned bacon grease, thick.
She's got a smile pulled tight, a secret on her lip.
[Chorus]
(Second Vocalist)
If you change out the wood, is it still the same ship?
Every new nail and every storm-torn trip…
Does the water forget the salt from your lip?
[Verse 2]
Silas stares at the glass, just tracing the rain.
Same quiet hands that dug her out the hurricane
Back in '89, when the wind had a first name.
He says, "You want somethin', baby?" and his voice has a strain.
[Chorus]
(Second Vocalist)
If you change out the wood, is it still the same ship?
Every new nail and every storm-torn trip…
Does the water forget the salt from your lip?
[Bridge]
She pours the sugar in the salt, the salt in the sweet.
A quiet little mischief to feel her own heart beat.
[Chorus]
(Second Vocalist)
If you change out the wood, is it still the same ship?
Every new nail and every storm-torn trip…
Does the water forget the salt from your lip?
[Outro]
He reaches for the shaker, and she doesn't flinch.
Just watches his hand move, inch by silent inch.
About Tracy Holloway
Tracy Holloway was raised on the salt marshes of St. Helena Island, learning Gullah folk songs at her grandmother's knee. A scholarship took her to Berklee College of Music, but she dropped out after professors tried to train the 'provincial' South Carolina grit out of her voice. Now back home in Beaufort, she shucks oysters to pay off her student loans and writes songs about the people and…
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