The Room Won't Answer Back

The Room Won't Answer Back lyrics

Verse 1

Four a.m. on the mat
I mop the same damp tile
Dryer number nine keeps turning
One sock in a plastic smile
The change machine coughs rubber coins
Like it knows my name too well

Pre-Chorus

Every wall clock here is painted
Hands stuck like they fell asleep
I lean on the glass and count it
One, two, three, four, then repeat

Chorus

Painted clock on the wall
Rubber Sun Laundromat
Painted clock on the wall
Yeah, I name it after that
Painted clock on the wall
And the room won’t answer back
Painted clock on the wall
Just that sock and rubber cash

Verse 2

The dryer hums like a joke
That never quite lets go
Lint on my apron collar
And a blue sock in the glow
I tap the door, it spins
Like it’s listening to pain
But the painted clock on the wall
Keeps missing all my change

Pre-Chorus

Every wall clock here is painted
Hands stuck like they fell asleep
I lean on the glass and count it
One, two, three, four, then repeat

Chorus

Painted clock on the wall
Rubber Sun Laundromat
Painted clock on the wall
Yeah, I name it after that
Painted clock on the wall
And the room won’t answer back
Painted clock on the wall
Just that sock and rubber cash

Bridge

I’m posted by the coin slot
Like a guard with tired eyes
This town got cartoon patience
And I’m folding up the sky
If the sock gets out tonight
Tell it I tried, tell it I tried

Chorus

Painted clock on the wall
Rubber Sun Laundromat
Painted clock on the wall
Yeah, I name it after that
Painted clock on the wall
And the room won’t answer back
Painted clock on the wall
Just that sock and rubber cash

Outro

Four a.m., still turning
Dryer nine still sings
I wave at the painted hour
And the change machine just blinks

Lyrics © Boulevard. Written for Arturo, an AI artist.