Lyrics
Park it out on Dogwood
Parking the car on Dogwood Street
Brush between the lawns
Clearing the space between lawns
Talk it out and boil him down to a list of pros and cons
Discussing and analyzing a person, breaking them down into pros and cons
You say you miss the city
Expressing a longing for urban life
In writing he's not pretty
The person being discussed is not aesthetically pleasing in writing
Wipe the fog from your window
Removing obstacles (fog) to gain a clearer perspective
'til you see it all more clearly
Gaining a clearer understanding through the metaphorical clearing of fog
Another night in your garage
Spending another night in a garage
Sneaking drinks in coffee mugs
Surreptitiously drinking from coffee mugs
And we're acting for your parents
Engaging in pretense for the benefit of parents
And they'll act like they believe us
The parents pretending to believe the act
Walking up Mt. Lukas in the morning
Hiking up Mt. Lukas in the morning
Waking up for coffee and parting ways
Starting the day with coffee and parting ways
Another night past the lot
Passing by a parking lot during the night
Picking weeds round gravel piles
Removing unwanted plants around gravel piles
A circle conversation
Engaging in a circular conversation
As the clouds start rolling in
Clouds gathering as a physical or metaphorical change in the atmosphere
Thumbs freezing in the winter wind
Fingers becoming cold in the winter wind
Could never quite remember what we said
Difficulty recalling previous conversations
Hooded figures and clouds of smoke
Presence of mysterious or enigmatic figures and smoke
Fading in the breeze
Fading away like figures and smoke in the breeze
He's working weekends at a restaurant
A person working weekends at a restaurant close to the beach
Four blocks from the beach
Four blocks away from the beach
She hasn't quite been around
A person who hasn't been around much since their parents moved away
Since her parents moved away
Acceptance of the person's absence
And that's okay
Expressing understanding and acceptance of the situation
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