Lyrics
The wind just blew the sign off your balcony railing on Third Street
It's lying by the brick dust and the fern you two were saving
The negative space you left is throwing off the whole design
Sorry, I saw your light was on, hope I'm not over the line
[Chorus]
(Hey) It's just the neighbor from 3B
(Just me) Sorry, you don't gotta answer me
(I know) I know it isn't my load to carry
(No) Just saw the light, thought I should see
[Verse 2]
I heard her through the drywall, clear as Sunday morning's quiet
She said, "Just leave the damn key on the radiator, I don't wanna fight it."
The silence after that was heavier than summer rain on steel
Never knew how loud a quiet gets, 'til you know the quiet's real
[Chorus]
(Hey) It's just the neighbor from 3B
(Just me) Sorry, you don't gotta answer me
(I know) I know it isn't my load to carry
(No) Just saw the light, thought I should see
[Bridge]
The 11:04 freight to Wilmington just shook my windowpane
Sounds just like the ore train leaving Lorain in the freezing rain
Funny how a body gets used to being the other girder in a truss
[Outro]
Anyway. It's getting late.
...Just figured I'd call.
About Phyllis Hyland
Phyllis Hyland was raised in the shadow of the steel mills of Lorain, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. At nineteen, she moved to Philadelphia to study architecture but dropped out to pursue the Philly-soul sound she'd idolized on her mother's records. Her songs are architectural structures of their own, built with a rich contralto and the raw materials of her Rust Belt past. She still keeps her…
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