Lyrics
The condensation on your window over Dickinson Street.
Tuesday, just before the rain, that familiar bittersweet.
We're just simmering on low, a flavor I can't name.
Pretending this reduction isn't boiling down the shame.
[Chorus]
Yeah, you and me, we're a secret recipe.
The dishtowel hangs like a flag of truce, honey, can't you see?
This ain't love, it's just the heat.
[Verse 2]
The bitter smell of chicory hangs heavy in the air.
"He never asks," you whispered, stirring sugar in your tea, without a care.
We let this dough rise in the dark, a warm and quiet sin.
I'm sanding off the serial numbers of where we've been.
[Chorus]
Yeah, you and me, we're a secret recipe.
The dishtowel hangs like a flag of truce, honey, can't you see?
This ain't love, it's just the heat.
[Bridge]
What do you do when the salt gets mistaken for the sweet?
And every dovetail joint is built on pure deceit?
[Outro]
It's raw, ain't it?
It's just raw.
About Barry Whyte
Barry Whyte learned piano at the knee of his grandmother, Gussie, in the Gullah Geechee heartland of coastal South Carolina. At 20, he took a one-way bus ticket to Philadelphia, seeking the sound of the city's soul tradition. His music is the conversation between those two worlds: the Lowcountry's tidal patience and Philly's concrete grit. He still works as an accompanist at a dance studio…
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