Decatur

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a cat's claws skitter across hardwood and a glass tips and crashes; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the skitter and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
Greater in Decatur, the square so sweet,
the bookstore corner and the food-truck street;
skitter the claws on the hardwood floor,
Decatur knocking a glass off the door.

[Chorus]
Decatur, Decatur, skitter and crash,
the cat in the name makes a skittish dash;
scratch, scratch, scratch, hear the wine glass fall,
the greatest little square of them all.

[Verse 2]
The festival of books and the indie scene,
the courthouse lawn and the kids on the green;
every skitter a nerve on the hardwood night,
Decatur pouncing in the porchlight.

[Chorus]
Decatur, Decatur, skitter and crash,
the cat in the name makes a skittish dash;
scratch, scratch, scratch, hear the wine glass fall,
the greatest little square of them all.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the skittering cat rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]