[Intro — tremolo guitar hum, old organ leaking underneath; bass guitar enters alone with a slow descending figure] [Male lead — low warm tenor, grainy chest tone, intimate and unhurried] You came back clean That’s how I knew Something happened Before you got here [Verse 1 — lazy broken drums enter; blunt kick, dry snare, bass moving heavily between phrases] Mud on the tires None on your shoes You had an answer Before I asked you Sat at the table Wouldn’t touch your drink Kept wiping your thumb Across the rim I let the ceiling fan Do all the talking Round and round Same little lie Changing shape [Refrain — organ widens slightly; bass turns deeper, vocal stays restrained] Water gets low Everything shows Water gets low Everything shows [Verse 2 — warped electric piano joins; tremolo guitar bends behind selected lines] You said it was nothing Nothing got dressed For the occasion Nothing took twenty minutes In the driveway Nothing came home Smelling like rain [small pause] That’s funny It hasn’t rained All week [Refrain — drums drag farther behind the beat] Water gets low Everything shows Water gets low Everything shows [Instrumental drift — bass guitar and organ only; reversed guitar smear; distant wooden percussion] [Bridge — drums vanish; vocal almost completely dry] I could make a scene I could make you honest Could make this house Too small for both of us [long pause] But you already know And I already know So what exactly Would the noise be for? [low bass bend] [Final Refrain — full groove returns, heavier but not louder; distorted guitar flashes once, then disappears] Water gets low Everything shows Water gets low Everything— [beat drops] Shows [Outro — bass figure slows, tape drag increases] [very low] Leave the glass I’ll get it
