Lyrics
First Sunday after the June rains hit the asphalt,
We watched you from the screen doors on Lucile Avenue.
Your David's old Volvo wasn't in its usual spot,
Just a dark oil stain, the shape of something new.
[Chorus]
And we just hear the weather change inside that house.
We can feel the quiet spooling from your mouth.
No slamming doors, just the hum of the cicadas.
Some storms don't have a name the weatherman gave us.
[Verse 2]
Mrs. Annabelle saw you on the porch steps,
Plaiting your own hair back, slow as sweetgrass grows.
We all remember him whispering, "It's just the tide, I guess,"
But the tide went out and didn't come back, we suppose.
[Bridge]
We're just the witnesses, the kudzu on the wire.
We hold the memory of the light before the fire.
[Outro]
We saw the ring go in the basket by the door.
About Witney Hooston
Witney Hooston was raised on St. Helena Island, learning melody from the Gullah spirituals sung on her grandmother's porch. She moved to Atlanta for love and music, building a life and career with her husband, David, before the partnership unraveled. Now, two years after their divorce, she writes and sings from a small bungalow in the West End, rediscovering her own voice. Her wedding ring is…
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