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Glitter in the Grout

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[Intro] Alright, out! Out, out, out! Love you. Love you too! Get home safe! …God. Look at this floor, what a mess! [Verse 1] Two-fifteen, the door's locked, last cab's pullin' out. There's a jacket on a barstool and an earrin' on the ground. Chairs go up, bottles go out — I count 'em twice, don't ask me why. Somebody's gotta do it, and tonight that's gonna be me. Lipstick on a glass that ain't mine, and hell that's a good shade. Somebody cried in booth four — that's fine, that's what it's for. Sequin on the barstool. Glitter on the sink. Sequin in my shoe, how? Don't. Don' think about it. [Pre-Chorus] Boa back in the box. Wig back on the stand. Face comes off with a wipe and a prayer, and the mop comes off the wall [Chorus] Chairs up, lights down, last one out sweep it up, sweep it twice, glitter's still in the grout. Scrub till my knuckles shout sweep it up, sweep it twice, glitter's still in the grout. Good. Let it stay. Let 'em know somebody was here. [Verse 2] First time I came in here I was not okay. Didn't have a story ready, didn't have a place to stay. Stood in the door like an idiot with rain in my shoes, and she looked up. That's it. She looked at me. Put a drink in my hand, didn't ask me why. Asked me for my name and then she used it. Twice. Ain't nobody used it in a while. So I sat down. And I stayed. Then I came back. [Pre-Chorus] And every time I've walked back in the floor's been clean and the light's been on and I never once asked who did that. Not once. Not one time. [Chorus] Chairs up, lights down, last one out sweep it up, sweep it twice, glitter's still in the grout. Scrub till your knuckles shout sweep it up, sweep it twice, glitter's still in the grout. Good. Let it stay. Let 'em know somebody was here. [Bridge] Funny thing about a haven. Somebody's gotta stay awake to keep the light on. And it don' shine on the switch. [Break] Hey. Give me the broom. I've got it, baby, it's honestly fi- Sit. Down. …okay. [Final Chorus] Chairs up, lights down, last one out sweep it up, sweep it twice, glitter's still in the grout. Somebody's scrubbing for me now sweep it up, sweep it twice, glitter's still in the grout. Good. Let it stay. Let her know somebody was here. [Outro] It never comes out, you know. Twelve years. Still in the floorboards. …Good.