HUDSONVILLE MI 1956 La Dispute

[ntro]
There are bridges over rivers
There are moments of collapse
There are drivers with their feet on the glass
You can kick, but you can’t get out
There is history in the rooms of the house
After dinner, do the dishes
Mother hums, the coffeemaker hisses
On the stove, the steam a crescendo
The radio emergency bulletins, and everywhere wind

[Verse 1]
You took the train down to Terre Haute
Indiana, visit family, your childhood home
Give your mother her grandkid and father a kiss
Put your luggage in your bedroom in the kitchen sit
With your husband still up in Hudsonville
Until the weekend when his shift ends at the furniture mill
Running water for the dishes and the coffee on the stove
Heard a warning from the corner on the radio

[Pre-Chorus 1]
And the glass starts to rattle in the window frames

[Chorus 1]
So you went underground, took the staircase down
To the cellar full of hunting equipment
Held your baby in your arms, read the labels on mason jars
Try not to think about your husband in Michigan