Lyrics
The cracked vinyl over the glovebox remembers
A Chevron receipt from November '09.
Now new hands grip the wheel through the embers
Of another dead-end shift on the Kent line.
[Chorus]
A King County victory lap,
Just a different gear in the same old trap.
A brittle shine on the ten-o-clock news,
Paying down all the mechanical dues.
[Spoken-word interlude]
(A woman's voice, distorted through a cheap car speaker)
"You said you'd be different in this one. Said it was the last time."
[Verse 2]
The check-engine light is a patient orange star.
The low-fuel warning gives its lonely chime.
A sticky ring where the pine tree air freshener was,
Marks the ghost of some other owner's time.
[Chorus]
A King County victory lap,
Just a different gear in the same old trap.
A brittle shine on the ten-o-clock news,
Paying down all the mechanical dues.
[Bridge]
The face in the glass looks tired and strange,
Heading north on the five, just for the change.
[Outro]
The yellow lines keep getting fed
To the quiet hum of the engine head.
About Eddie Vetter
Eddie Vetter spent his twenties not on stage, but in the deafening engine room of a container ship, crossing the Pacific. A Filipino-American from the naval town of Bremerton, WA, he wrote his first songs on a cheap guitar in a tiny cabin to combat the crushing loneliness of the open sea. Now 38 and back on land, his brand of Seattle grunge is soaked in saltwater and stained with engine grease…
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