Kensington

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a combination dial spins and the padlock tumblers click; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the tumblers and the strings carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
DeKalb park-and-ride where the commuters lock,
near the CDC and the Emory block;
spin the dial, hear the tumblers click,
Kensington locking the morning in quick.

[Chorus]
Kensington, Kensington, spin and lock,
the tumblers turning on the eastbound clock;
click, click, click, let the combo fall,
the park-and-ride at the edge of it all.

[Verse 2]
A thousand cars in the morning lot,
a lock and a key for the parking spot;
every tumbler turning toward the train,
Kensington locked in the commuter chain.

[Chorus]
Kensington, Kensington, spin and lock,
the tumblers turning on the eastbound clock;
click, click, click, let the combo fall,
the park-and-ride at the edge of it all.

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